Queen

(kween.) [From A. S. cwen, a wife.] The wife of a reigning king, otherwise called a queen-consort. When reigning alone in her own right, she is styled queen-regnant. A queen-dowager is the widow of a king. - (Games.)In Che , one of the pieces, next in importance to the king. At Cards, a court-card bearing the printed effigy of a queen. Queen Anne, (-ăn,) in Maryland, an E. co., washed by Chesapeake Bay on the W.; area, 400 sq. m.; C. Centreville. Pop. 16,171. Queen Charlotte Islands, (-sharlot,) a group lying in the N. Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Brit. Columbia. Queen Charlotte's Islands, an archipelago in the S. Pacific Ocean, lying bet. S. Lat. 9° 50′-11° 20', and E. Lon. 163° 30′-165° 16′. Queen Charlotte Sound, an inlet of the N. Pacific, constituting the N. part of the channel which lies bet. Vancouver's Island and the mainland of America. Queen's, (kwēnz,) in Nova Scotia, a S.W. co., washed by the Atlantic; area, 1,000 sq. m.; C. Liverpool. Pop. 10,554. -In New Brunswick, a S. central co.; area, 1,500 sq. m.; C. George town. Pop. 13,847.- In Nero York, a S.E. co., occupying the extreme W. end of Long Island, and b. by the Atlantic on the S.; area, 420 sq. m.; C. North Hempstead. Pop. 73,804. Queen's County, (-kown'te,) an inland shire ofIre land, p. Leinster, b. N. by King's co.; area, 664 sq. m.; C. Mary borough. Pop. 77,071. [s. 747]