dowager

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French douagere, douagiere, from douage (“dower”), from the verb douer (“to endow”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dōtāre (“to endow”), from dōs, dōtis ("dowry").

Pronunciation

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Noun

dowager (plural dowagers)

  1. a widow holding property or title derived from her late husband
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      “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, […]!”
  2. any lady of dignified bearing

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