What does dowager mean?
Dowager means A widow holding property or title derived from her late husband..
Dowager
/ˈdaʊədʒə/ · noun
Meaning
A widow holding property or title derived from her late husband..
Definitions by Sense
- A widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- 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.
- Any lady of dignified bearing, especially an older one.
Example Sentences
A reclusive dowager owned the pastures across the river, and her farmhands ran beef cattle on them.
“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts,[…]!”
the Earl and Countess of Whiteacre, and the Earl's mother, the dowager Countess of Whiteacre
Sir George Sitwell, Bt. and Lady Sitwell, and Sir George's mother, the dowager Lady Sitwell
A stately dowager entered the ballroom, and all eyes were upon her.
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Word Forms
- dowagers
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A reclusive dowager owned the pastures across the river, and her farmhands ran beef cattle on them.
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