queen dowager

English

Noun

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.

Related terms

• queen mother

Translations

widow of a king

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 王太后 (zh) (wángtàihòu)

• Faroese: einkjudrotning f
• Finnish: leskikuningatar
• German: Königswitwe, Königinwitwe f
• Irish: baintreach an rí f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: enkedronning m or f

• Portuguese: rainha viúva
• Russian: вдо́вствующая короле́ва f (vdóvstvujuščaja koroléva)
• Spanish: reina viuda f
• Vietnamese: vương thái hậu