"dowager" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdaʊədʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdaʊəd͡ʒɚ/ [Canada, General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dowager.wav [Southern-England], En-us-dowager.ogg [US] Forms: dowagers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French douagere, douagiere, from douage (“dower”), from the verb douer (“to endow”), from Latin dōtō (“to endow”), from dōs (“dowry”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|douagere}} Middle French douagere, {{m|frm|douagiere}} douagiere, {{m|frm|douage||dower}} douage (“dower”), {{m|frm|douer||to endow}} douer (“to endow”), {{der|en|la|dōtō||to endow}} Latin dōtō (“to endow”), {{m|la|dōs|t=dowry}} dōs (“dowry”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dowager (plural dowagers)
  1. a widow holding property or title derived from her late husband Translations (widow): أرملة (Arabic), douairière [feminine] (Dutch), perijätär (Finnish), douairière [feminine] (French), viúva herdeira [feminine] (Galician), rexente [feminine] (Galician), Witwe von Stand [feminine] (German), baintreach dhuair [feminine] (Irish), vedova [feminine] (Italian), douaithiéthe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), majętna wdowa [feminine] (Polish), văduvă [feminine] (Romanian), вдо́вствующая (vdóvstvujuščaja) [feminine] (Russian), вдова́ (vdová) [feminine] (Russian), viuda [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dowager-en-noun-z2XNu1F6 Disambiguation of 'widow': 100 0
  2. any lady of dignified bearing Categories (topical): People Translations (lady of dignified bearing): 貴婦 (Chinese Mandarin), 贵妇 (guìfù) (Chinese Mandarin), dame [feminine] (Dutch), arvokas rouva (Finnish), dame [feminine] (French), Matrone [feminine] (German), vedova nobile [feminine] (Italian), да́ма (dáma) [feminine] (Russian), матро́на (matróna) [feminine] (Russian), матро́на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), matróna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dama [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dowager-en-noun-~8XSpzkP Disambiguation of People: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'lady of dignified bearing': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dowagerism, dowager's hump, empress dowager, queen dowager

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vedova nobile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dáma",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "да́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "matróna",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матро́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матро́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matróna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dama"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dowager"
  ],
  "word": "dowager"
}

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