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[Kathleen E. Miller]

At 09:05 AM 2/5/2003 -0500, Mr. Landau wrote:
>Now for a nomenclature problem.  A woman who marries a King becomes the Queen
>Dowager.  A man such as William III who marries the Queen and becomes King
>is what?  King Dowager?  King Dowagerer?


I thought that dowager signified widowship. Therefore, it should be "a
woman who marries a King becomes Queen, and after the king dies she becomes
Queen Dowager." No?


Kathleen E. Miller
Research Assistant to William Safire
The New York Times