dowager
pronunciation
How to pronounce dowager in British English:
UK [ˈdaʊədʒə(r)]
How to pronounce dowager in American English:
US [ˈdaʊədʒɚ]
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- Noun:
- a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
Word Origin
- dowager (n.)
- 1520s, from Middle French douagere "widow with a dower" literally "pertaining to a dower," from douage "dower," from douer "endow," from Latin dotare, from dos (genitive dotis) "dowry" (see dowry).
Example
- 1. " In spite of her age , the lady dowager looked forward to any excitement . "
- 2. Like to a step dame ora dowager .
- 3. The dowager duchess lives in a grace and favour apartment at hampton court .
- 4. The empress dowager had the motive .
- 5. As she knew that the lady dowager had given her to baoyu she felt this would not be an undue liberty .