queen, quean

Queen or queen means a female monarch or crowned head of state--
The only queen we have in America is a beauty queen.
The only queen we have in America is the "queen of soul".
You can see a portrait of the British queen on the stamps or on the money.

Quean or quean ( rhymes with queen ) means a rude woman or a shrew--
The harangue of the quean woke up the neighbors.
The old quean had  such a sharp tongue that even the police were afraid of her.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The haggard old quean still thought of herself as the queen of the neighborhood."

Note--"quean" may also mean a prostitute--
The quean had to share a cell with a drunk and a pickpocket.
"Queen" is also slang for a male homosexual--
He's upset because someone called him an old queen.
Note # 2--"queen" may also mean the leader of a hive of bees, ants, or other social insects--
Only the queen bee bears young.
Note # 3--"queen" is also one of the pieces on a chessboard--
It's difficult to win a game if you lose your queen.
Note # 4--"queen" is also one of the cards in a deck of playing cards--
He needed a queen to win the game.