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BNC: 22277 COCA: 26408

dowager

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dowager /ˈdawɪʤɚ/ noun
plural dowagers
dowager
/ˈdawɪʤɚ/
noun
plural dowagers
Learner's definition of DOWAGER
[count]
: a woman who has inherited property or a title from her dead husband(继承亡夫遗产或头衔的)孀居贵妇often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
: an old woman who is very formal or serious老年贵妇人
BNC: 22277 COCA: 26408

dowager

noun

dow·​a·​ger ˈdau̇-i-jər How to pronounce dowager (audio)
1
: a widow holding property or a title from her deceased husband
2
: a dignified elderly woman

Example Sentences

The estate is owned by a wealthy dowager. the town's dowagers frequently shake their heads over the younger generation
Recent Examples on the Web Stoic, soft-spoken horticulturalist Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) earns a peaceful living tending to Gracewood Gardens, a vast, ornate Southern estate owned by wealthy dowager Norma Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022 In a restrained and beguiling performance, Edgerton plays Narvel Roth, the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens, the sprawling botanical estate of the wealthy dowager, Mrs. Haverhill, chillingly inhabited by Weaver. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022 Violet is a type Fellowes knows well, but even though some of his other characters—like Christine Baranski's Agnes van Rhijn on The Gilded Age—have some similarities, he's told T&C that Downton's dowager stands alone. Elizabeth Holmes, Town & Country, 29 May 2022 Smith has portrayed the dowager countess, Violet Crawley, a character who has become best known for her devastating zingers and obsession with maintaining tradition at Downton. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 May 2022 Until February 1952, the dowager queen outranked her granddaughter. Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022 Even Maggie Smith's dowager countess would have good things to say about them. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2022 Sigourney Weaver stars as the estate’s wealthy dowager, Mrs. Haverhill. Manori Ravindran, Variety, 2 Nov. 2021 The podcast, which at five years old is practically a dowager of the medium, is not interested in breaking tabloid news. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle French douagiere, from douage dower, from douer to endow — more at endow

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of dowager was in 1530
BNC: 22277 COCA: 26408

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