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queen mother en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.
2. (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

Forms

Hypernyms

queen dowager

Translations (34)

ko 왕태후 (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · ga ríonmháthair (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · vi hoàng thái hậu (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · nrf reine méthe (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · fr reine mère (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · hu anyakirálynő (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · nb dronningmor (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · nl koningin-moeder (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · uk короле́ва-ма́ти (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · fi kuningataräiti (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · et kuninga ema (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · ru короле́ва-мать (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · gv rein-voir (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · es reina madre (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · gl raíña nai (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · cmn 王太后 (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · ja 王太后 (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · ja 皇太后 (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · it regina madre (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · sv drottningmoder (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · pl królowa matka (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · da dronningemoder (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · el βασιλομήτωρ (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · de Kaiserinmutter (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · km សម្ដេចព្រះវរមាតា (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · ar الْمَلِكَة الْأُمّ (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · cmn 太后 (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · vi thái hậu (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · ko 황태후 (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · fa مهدعلیا (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · cs královna matka (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · pt rainha-mãe (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · eo reĝina patrino (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) · de Königinmutter (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch)