Meanings
nounqueen dowager (plural queen dowagers or queens dowager or queens dowagers)
plural queen dowagers · plural queens dowager · plural queens dowagers
- The widow of a king.
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.
1953 June, “Royal Railway Journeys”, in Railway Magazine, page 363
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 王太后
- 王太后 (wángtàihòu)widow of a king
Finnish leskikuningatar
- leskikuningatarwidow of a king
German Königswitwe, Königinwitwe
- Königswitwewidow of a king
- Königinwitwewidow of a king
Irish baintreach an rí
- baintreach an ríwidow of a king
Norwegian Bokmål enkedronning
- enkedronningwidow of a king
Polish wdowa po królu
- wdowa po króluwidow of a king
Portuguese rainha viúva
- rainha viúvawidow of a king
Russian вдо́вствующая короле́ва
- вдо́вствующая короле́ва (vdóvstvujuščaja koroléva)widow of a king
Spanish reina viuda
- reina viudawidow of a king
Vietnamese vương thái hậu
- vương thái hậuwidow of a king
Cite this entry
APA
queen dowager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queen%20dowager
MLA
“queen dowager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queen%20dowager. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queen dowager,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queen%20dowager.
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