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Definition of Queen dowager
1. Noun. The widow of a king.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Queen Dowager
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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