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View synonyms for queen dowager

queen dowager

noun

  1. the widow of a king.


queen dowager

noun

  1. the widow of a king
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of queen dowager1

First recorded in 1615–25
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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