queen dowager

noun

1. the widow of a king.

queen dowager

noun

1. the widow of a king

Word History and Origins

Origin of queen dowager¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

The list includes three former prime ministers of Canada, the queen dowager of Jordan and at least five members of the Qatari ruling family.

From New York Times

The judges are Johnny Iuzzini, who spent two seasons as the judge of Bravo’s Top Chef: Just Desserts, and Bake Off’s reigning queen dowager Mary Berry.

From The Guardian

Queen's Gambit, Fremantle's debut novel, is a historical romance based on the career of Henry's last wife, Katherine Parr, who uniquely survived to become queen dowager.

From The Guardian

By no means approving of a plan which thus unceremoniously excluded her eldest daughter from the throne, the queen dowager endeavored to oppose injustice by policy.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated, however, with him in power, was Batilde, the queen dowager, a woman, according to all the priestly chroniclers, of great beauty and discretion, but doubtless much swayed by bigoted ecclesiastics.

From Project Gutenberg