English Explanatory Dictionary

dowager

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
  2. The widow of the holder of a title (usually a member of the peerage or a baronet); used in combination with the title she held during her husband's lifetime.
  3. Any lady of dignified bearing, especially an older one.

Pronunciation

/ˈdaʊədʒə/ /ˈdaʊəd͡ʒɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dowager.wav En-us-dowager.ogg

Word forms

dowager dowagers

Etymology

From Middle French douagere, douagiere, from douage (“dower”), from the verb douer (“to endow”), from Latin dōtō (“to endow”), from dōs (“dowry”).

Related words

dower

Derived words

dowagerish dowagerism dowagerlike dowagerly dowager's hump empress dowager queen dowager

Translations

Albanian: e ve Arabic: أرملة Dutch: douairière Finnish: perijätär French: douairière Galician: viúva herdeira Galician: rexente German: Witwe von Stand Irish: baintreach dhuair Italian: vedova Norman: douaithiéthe Polish: wdowa z tytułem po zmarłym mężu Romanian: văduvă Russian: вдо́вствующая Russian: вдова́ Spanish: viuda
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