queen dowager

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queen dowager (plural queen dowagers or queens dowager or queens dowagers)

  1. The widow of a king.
    • 1953 June, “Royal Railway Journeys”, in Railway Magazine, page 363:
      The new Royal Saloon rode roughly at first. It was originally a four-wheel carriage, and as such it was used by Adelaide, the Queen Dowager, but before the Queen [Queen Victoria] travelled in it the body was mounted on an eight-wheel frame.

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