Definition of Queen dowager

1. Noun. The widow of a king.

Generic synonyms: Queen
Specialized synonyms: Queen Mother

Lexicographical Neighbors of Queen Dowager

queechy
queed
queefed
queefing
queefs
queem
queen's cup
queen-size
queen-sized
queen bee
queen bees
queen breeding
queen consort
queen dowager (current term)
queen it
queen it over
queen mother
queen of beasts
queen of clubs
queen of diamonds
queen of puddings
queen of spades
queen of the May
queen of the night
queen palm
queen palms
queen post
queen regent

Literary usage of Queen dowager

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"queen dowager.—A queen dowager is the widow of the king, and as such enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. ..."

2. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1865)
"A declaration made by the confederate lords of Scotland to the queen of England; of their taking amis against the queen dowager of Scotland, and the French. ..."

3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... the queen dowager They were not deposed from their degree, P. sf05. ... made by the primitive Church "poce with the queen dowager ; so in that about it ..."

4. New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone) by Henry John Stephen, James Stephen (1858)
"[A queen dowager is the widow of the king, and, as such, enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. But it is not high treason to ..."

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