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Definition: Queen Mother |
Queen MotherNoun1. A queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Queen Mother |
| English words defined with "queen mother": Mother queen. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "queen mother": Begum. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The following former queen consorts became queen mothers, though not all chose to use that style.
The title 'Queen Mother' has been widely used in monarchies. Among other Queen Mothers were:
Queen Noor of Jordan for example was King Hussein's fourth wife, and stepmother of current king Abdullah II. She is still referred to as Queen Noor, although rarely, and then inaccurately, as the "Queen Mother." If anything, she would be the Queen Dowager, although such a title has never been seriously floated.Recent British Queen Mothers
Other Queen Mothers
Exceptional cases
In rare cases, the king of a nation may be divorced or a widower. If he remarries, and his second wife outlives him, but is not the mother of his successor, it is unclear what title this woman assumes, though Queen Dowager or Dowager Queen might be appropriate, under the circumstances.
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Movie/TV Titles | The Queen Mother (1916) | |
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Political Economy | Swaziland | The September municipal elections and 1998 parliamentary and municipal elections increased representative government; however, political power continues to rest largely with the King and his circle of traditional advisors, including the Queen Mother. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
queen mother | 64 |
elizabeth the queen mother | 6 |
queen elizabeth the queen mother | 6 |
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| Language | Translations for "queen mother"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | königinmutter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βασιλομήτωρ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | anyakirályné. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | regina madre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 皇太后 (Empress Dowager), 太后 (empress dowager). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たい"う (antagonism, archduke, body cavity, corresponding, counter-, distinguished or meritorious service, empress dowager, expulsion, face, father of the Imperial adviser, fundamental principles, general features, great talent, leaving school, light pink, opposite, opposition, outline, pertaining to school, regression, retrogression, Toyotomi Hideyoshi), "うたい"う (Empress Dowager), "うたい"う (Empress Dowager). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rein-voir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eenquay othermay rainha mãe. (various references) reina madre. (various references) kralın annesi, ana kraliçe (queen dowager). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-m-n-o-q-r-t-u" | |
-3 letters: hereunto, routemen. | |
-4 letters: mounter, mouther, remount, theorem, thereon. | |
-5 letters: emeute, emoter, entree, eterne, ethene, hereon, hereto, hetero, hornet, hunter, meeter, mentor, meteor, moreen, mother, nether, neuter, nother, quoter, remeet, remote, retene, retune, roquet, teemer, teener, tenour, tenure, therme, throne, toneme, torque, tureen, unmeet. | |
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