queen dowager
noun1
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:
- Related terms
- queen mother