Talk:queener

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queener

"One who queens". That verb has several senses, but I cannot find evidence for this word relating to any of them. (I did find some other dated US collegiate sense, possibly relating to coeds or their early supporters now defined.) Equinox ◑ 18:18, 18 July 2017 (UTC) Equinox ◑ 19:17, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

This one took me quite a while because of all the false positives with the name, but I believe it is now cited. Perhaps not, it depends on how you look at the beekeeping usages. They are not quite any of the meanings of the verb queen that we have under queen, but refer, instead, to (a hive) having a queen. Kiwima (talk) 01:05, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

I would divide your four cites into two cites each for two senses. 2013 and 2015 are a chess sense: someone who promotes a piece to a queen (interesting!); 1950 and 1999 are something like "(in combination) A beehive containing a specified numbers of queens": both two-queener in what you found. The beekeeping sense does not refer to "someone who queens"; it's not -er #1 (agentive) but -er #4 (number-thing). Equinox ◑ 19:17, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

I've split 'em up. Can't actually find any "single-queener" or "three-queener" beehive but clearly the sense exists so I won't be petty about it. I'm also happy with the chess one although technically someone could call for one more cite. Equinox ◑ 08:02, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

I was afraid someone would do that.... It's the right thing to do, of course, (which is why I added the "Perhaps not") but with so many false positives to wade through, it is really hard to search for citations with this sense. I finally found one, now. It is cited. Kiwima (talk) 00:00, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 00:17, 2 August 2017 (UTC)