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
He entertained also some intentions of marriage for himself, first with the queen dowager of Naples, relict of Ferdinand; afterwards with the duchess dowager of Savoy, daughter of Maximilian, and sister of Philip.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by Hume, David
The expression queen dowager is the one usually applied to the widow of a king, as queen consort is used to denote the wife of a king.
From Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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