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dowager 音标拼音: [d'ɑʊədʒɚ] n. 富孀;贵妇 富孀;贵妇 dowager n 1: a widow holding property received from her deceased husbandDowager \ Dow" a* ger\, n. [ OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See { Dower}.] 1. ( Eng. Law) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease. -- Blount. -- Burrill. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband' s heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank. [ 1913 Webster] With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] { Queen dowager}, the widow of a king. [ 1913 Webster] 57 Moby Thesaurus words for " dowager": Eve, Frau, abbess, beldam, chatelaine, crone, dame, daughter of Eve, distaff, domina, donna, femme, first lady, frow, frump, gentlewoman, girl, goodwife, governess, grandam, grande dame, grandmother, granny, great lady, hag, homemaker, housewife, lady, lass, madam, matriarch, matron, milady, mistress, mother superior, old battle- ax, old dame, old girl, old granny, old lady, old trot, old wife, old woman, queen dowager, relict, squaw, trot, vrouw, wahine, war- horse, weaker vessel, widow, widow woman, widower, widowman, witch, woman |
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