queen dowager
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of queen dowager
First recorded in 1615–25
Example Sentences
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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 ● Nov. 7, 2017
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 ● Nov. 30, 2015
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 ● Apr. 6, 2013
A queen dowager, when married again to a subject, doth not lose her regal dignity, as peeresses dowager do their peerage when they marry commoners.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir
During his absence the battle of Flodden had been lost, and Arran found his rival Angus, who enjoyed Henry’s support, married to the queen dowager and in control of the government.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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