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- Dictionaryqueen mother/ˌkwiːn ˈmʌðə/
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- 1. the widow of a king and mother of the sovereign.
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A queen mother is a former queen, often a queen dowager, who is the mother of the reigning monarch. The term has been used in English since the early 1560s. It arises in hereditary monarchies in Europe and is also used to describe a number of similar yet distinct monarchical concepts in non-European cultures around the world. The rank does not go to all mothers of monarchs though. A mother of a ru... Wikipedia