: a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
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The queen mother died last week at the age of 93 after years battling illnesses, Reuters reported.—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025 The queen mother would go on using the house after her husband’s death, dying there herself in 2002.—Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025 The Rockefeller Wing features several dozen—a rooster with filigreed plumage, the famous mask depicting a queen mother, and plaques that once adorned the kingdom’s royal palace, which British troops ransacked and burned in 1897.—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 Even Oprah Winfrey, queen mother herself, has reportedly considered taking it.—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for queen mother
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