Queen, Ellery Syllabification: (Queen, Ellery)Pronunciation: /kwēn/Definition of Queen, Ellery US writer of detective novels; pseudonym of Frederic Dannay (1905–82) and Manfred Lee (1905–71). The novels feature a detective also called Ellery Queen. Queen, Ellery in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Queen, Ellery in the British & World English dictionary