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queen mother

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queen mother
n.
A dowager queen who is the mother of a reigning monarch.
queen mother
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the widow of a former king who is also the mother of the reigning sovereign
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Noun1.queen motherqueen mother - a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
queen dowager - the widow of a king
Translations
queen mother n → regina madre
queen mother n → regina madre


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Pena, that the Queen Mother, who was given to curious arts, caused the King her husband's nativity to be calculated, under a false name; and the astrologer gave a judgment, that he should be killed in a duel; at which the Queen laughed, thinking her husband to be above challenges and duels: but he was slain upon a course at tilt, the splinters of the staff of Montgomery going in at his beaver.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Isn't it wrong to imprison a queen mother and her ten children?
Ozma of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
``Think not of such foolishness, Sir Knight,'' answered Rebecca, ``but hasten to the Regent, the Queen Mother, and to Prince John---they cannot, in honour to the English crown, allow of the proceedings of your Grand Master.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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