For the dowager countess, there could not be enough smelling salts in the world.
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He decided to distance himself and look for a replacement for the queen dowager.
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The empress dowager, in anger, threw the Seal on the ground, chipping one corner.
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A queen mother is a queen dowager who is also the mother of a reigning sovereign.
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You can basically hear the dowager countess grumbling through the entire episode.
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The definition of queen mother is the mother of a sovereign who is a queen dowager.
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The Voice is an ingenue early in its second season, while Idol is a reality dowager.
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Dowager Grand Duchess Christina brought Tuscany into the Pope's sphere of influence.
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With consummate skill she acted out the roles of consort, mother, widow and dowager.
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A widow holding property received from her deceased husband
Launched 1933, as the Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn. length 41ft, beam 11ft 8ins, draught 3ft 6ins. Based at Shoreham she made 3 trips between Dover and Dunkirk.
A widow endowed; one who has a jointure.
The widow of a peer whose heir is married and carries the current title.