queen dowager
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The list includes three former prime ministers of Canada, the queen dowager of Jordan and at least five members of the Qatari ruling family.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2017
The judges are Johnny Iuzzini, who spent two seasons as the judge of Bravo’s Top Chef: Just Desserts, and Bake Off’s reigning queen dowager Mary Berry.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2015
Queen's Gambit, Fremantle's debut novel, is a historical romance based on the career of Henry's last wife, Katherine Parr, who uniquely survived to become queen dowager.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2013
“Sorry, Judge, to faint away like a queen dowager in your library,” said the reporter, with his everlasting American good nature.
From The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle by Richard Washburn Child
In speaking of Mary's mother we shall call her sometimes the queen dowager.
From Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
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