dowager (redirected from Dowagers)

dow·a·ger  (dou-jr)

n.

1. A widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband.

2. An elderly woman of high social station.

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[Obsolete French douagière, from douage, dower, from douer, to endow, from Latin dtre, from ds, dt-, dowry; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

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dowager

Noun

a woman possessing property or a title obtained from her dead husband [Old French douagiere]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dowager - a widow holding property received from her deceased husband widow, widow woman - a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

Translations

dowager [ˈdauɪdʒəʳ] n dowager duchess → duquesa viuda

dowager [ˈdauədʒəʳ] n → douairière f

dowager [ˈdauədʒəʳ] n → (adlige) Witwe f

dowager [ˈdauədʒəʳ] n → vedova titolata