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A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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A woman, especially an older woman, with authority, preeminence, impressive presence, and/or a founding role in a specified area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- the queen mother of Canadian literature
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a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: queen dowager
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
الْمَلِكَة الْأُمّ
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Chinese Mandarin:
王太后
(wángtàihòu)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Chinese Mandarin:
太后
(tàihòu)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Czech:
královna matka
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Danish:
dronningemoder
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Dutch:
koningin-moeder
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Esperanto:
reĝina patrino
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Estonian:
kuninga ema
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Finnish:
kuningataräiti
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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French:
reine mère
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Galician:
raíña nai
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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German:
Königinmutter
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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German:
Kaiserinmutter
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Greek:
βασιλομήτωρ
(vasilomítor)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Hungarian:
anyakirálynő
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Irish:
ríonmháthair
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Italian:
regina madre
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Japanese:
王太后
(ōtaigō)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Japanese:
皇太后
(kōtaigō)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Khmer:
សម្ដេចព្រះវរមាតា
(sɑmdach preah vɔɔ miedaa)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Korean:
왕태후
(wangtaehu)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Korean:
황태후
(hwangtaehu)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Manx:
rein-voir
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Norman:
reine méthe
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dronningmor
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Persian:
مهدعلیا
(mahd-e-'ulyâ)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Polish:
królowa matka
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Portuguese:
rainha-mãe
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Russian:
короле́ва-мать
(koroléva-matʹ)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Spanish:
reina madre
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Swedish:
drottningmoder
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Ukrainian:
короле́ва-ма́ти
(koroléva-máty)
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Vietnamese:
hoàng thái hậu
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
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Vietnamese:
thái hậu
— widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch