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

Since her husband's death in 1999, she has been queen dowager of Jordan.

From The Daily Beast

He should not gaze upon the pretty deference of Bob's little wife toward the queen-dowager!

From Project Gutenberg

The gentlemen that remained in prisons were, by the procurement of the Queen-Dowager, set at liberty in the month of July 1550.

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Henry, with his young charge, was at Rouen, when the Queen-dowager arrived.

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Mary's mother, the queen dowager of Scotland, was of a celebrated French family, called the family of Guise.

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The saint did not spare the demoralized court, and the Queen-Dowager Brunehalt became his bitterest foe.

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