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queen dowager

NOUN
widow of a king
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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

Soon after he departed for France; and lest the opposite faction should gather force in his absence, he sent thither before him the earl of Angus, husband to the queen dowager.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by Hume, David

“Sorry, Judge, to faint away like a queen dowager in your library,” said the reporter, with his everlasting American good nature.

From The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle by Child, Richard Washburn




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