QUEEN DOWAGER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The widow of a king

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("queen dowager" is a kind of...):

queen (the wife or widow of a king)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "queen dowager"):

queen mother (a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign)

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