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empress dowager

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empress dowager (plural empress dowagers or empresses dowager or empresses dowagers)

Cixi, a Chinese empress dowager who wielded great power during late Qing dynasty.
  1. The mother or widow of an emperor, especially in a Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese empire.

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