queen mother
A widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarchA widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.
» Hail, Queen, mother of mercy.
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2 sensesA widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.
Königinmutter, Kaiserinmutter
короле́ва-матьkoroléva-matʹ
короле́ва-ма́тиkoroléva-máty
a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
(figuratively)A woman, especially an older woman, with authority, preeminence, impressive presence, and/or a founding role in a specified area.
the queen mother of Canadian literature
Examples
2 sentencesHail, Queen, mother of mercy.
He left the government of the kingdom to the Queen, his mother, and earnestly commended his wife and children to her care.
Translations
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Forms
plural: queen mothers| Singular | queen mother |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.