dowager

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dow·a·ger /ˈdaʊədʒə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1  CLASS IN SOCIETYa woman from a high social class who has land or a title from her dead husband 〔承袭亡夫土地或封号的〕孀居贵妇 the dowager Duchess of Devonshire 德文郡公爵的遗孀2. informalWOMAN a respected and impressive old lady 气度雍容的老妇

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dowager• Her acne hadn't cleared up, and she was trying to look like a dowager.• The morning-coated manager had recognized them and was being proprietary with them in front of a dowager customer.• Only a century ago, a fair proportion of us would have died in childbirth, or been dubbed dowagers by 40.• Provision needed to be made for dowager widows, and for younger sons and for daughters, and perhaps for other persons.• They, together with the custody of the young earl, were given to the dowager countess and so remained under Herbert control.• the dowager empress• The dowager looked on and smiled and thought courteously about the people.Origin dowager (1500-1600) Old French douagiere, from douer “to give, endow”

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dowager
dow‧a‧ger /ˈdaʊədʒə, ˈdaʊɪdʒə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. a woman from a high social class who has land or a title from her dead husband:
    the dowager Duchess of Devonshire
2. informal a respected and impressive old lady

dow·agerBrE /ˈdaʊədʒə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdaʊədʒər/ 🔊 nouna woman of high social rank who has a title from her dead husband （具有亡夫头衔的）孀居贵妇◆the dowager Duchess of Norfolk诺福克公爵遗孀(informal) an impressive, usually rich, old woman 气度不凡的老年贵妇人