temptress

Erin McKean editor at VERBATIMMAG.COM
Wed Feb 5 14:51:55 UTC 2003


>  > 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 think the term for a nonregnant king who outlives his Queen is
"horribly inconvenient."



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