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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dowager queen who is the mother of a reigning monarch.
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- noun A widowed
queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is thereigning monarch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
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