queenless

English

Etymology

From queen +‎ -less.

Adjective

queenless (not comparable)

1. Without a queen.
   • 2012, Neil McDonald, Chess Success: Planning After the Opening, page 55:

     Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess.

   • 2012, Andrew Pullin, Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies:

     We have yet to identify every factor involved, but one variable is whether the nest contains a queen ant (queenright) or is queenless.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of colonies of ants, bees, etc.”): queenright

Translations

without a queen

• Greek: αβασίλευτος (el) (avasíleftos)