Definitions for queen mother
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
queen′ moth′er(n.)
a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
Category: Government
Origin of queen mother:
1570–80
Princeton's WordNet
queen mother(noun)
a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
Wiktionary
queen mother(Noun)
A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.
Translations for queen mother
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
queen mother(adjective)
the mother of the reigning king or queen, who was herself once a queen.
- koningin-moederAfrikaans
- المَلِكَه الأمArabic
- кралица майкаBulgarian
- rainha-mãePortuguese (BR)
- královna matkaCzech
- die KöniginmutterGerman
- dronningemoderDanish
- βασιλομήτωρGreek
- reina madreSpanish
- kuninga(nna) ema, leskkuningannaEstonian
- ملکه مادرFarsi
- kuningataräitiFinnish
- reine mèreFrench
- הַמַלכָּה הַאֵםHebrew
- राजमाताHindi
- majka kraljiceCroatian
- anyakirálynéHungarian
- ibu suriIndonesian
- drottningarmóðirIcelandic
- regina madreItalian
- 皇太后Japanese
- 황태후Korean
- karalienė motinaLithuanian
- karaliene māteLatvian
- bonda ratuMalay
- koningin-moederDutch
- dronningmoren; enkedronningNorwegian
- królowa matkaPolish
- ملکه مادرPersian
- ملکه موریPashto
- rainha-maePortuguese
- regina mamăRomanian
- королева-матьRussian
- kráľovná matkaSlovak
- kraljica matiSlovenian
- kraljica majkaSerbian
- drottningmoderSwedish
- ราชินีม่ายของกษัตริย์องค์ก่อนThai
- ana kraliçeTurkish
- 皇太后Chinese (Trad.)
- королева-матиUkrainian
- تخت نشین بادشاہ یا ملکہ کی والدہUrdu
- hoàng thái hậuVietnamese
- 皇太后Chinese (Simp.)
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