"dowager" meaning in English

See dowager in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdaʊədʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdaʊəd͡ʒɚ/ [Canada, General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dowager.wav , En-us-dowager.ogg 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, {{der|en|la|dōtō||to endow}} Latin dōtō (“to endow”) 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: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'lady of dignified bearing': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dowagerish, dowagerism, dowagerlike, dowagerly, dowager's hump, empress dowager, queen dowager

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baintreach dhuair"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vedova"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "widow",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "douaithiéthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majętna wdowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "văduvă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vdóvstvujuščaja",
      "sense": "widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вдо́вствующая"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vdová",
      "sense": "widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вдова́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "widow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "word": "貴婦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guìfù",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "word": "贵妇"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dame"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "word": "arvokas rouva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dame"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lady of dignified bearing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Matrone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "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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