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Word: Dowager
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Old French douagiere, from douage ‘dower’, from douer ‘endow’, from Latin dotare ‘endow’ (see dower)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdaʊɪdʒə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband
Short Definition:widow with title or property derived from her late husband
Examples:- the dowager duchess
- the queen dowager
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