Synonyms for dowager
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dou-uh-jer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaʊ ə dʒər |
Définition of dowager
Origin :- 1520s, from Middle French douagere "widow with a dower" literally "pertaining to a dower," from douage "dower," from douer "endow," from Latin dotare, from dos (genitive dotis) "dowry" (see dowry).
- noun old woman
- I promise you I will,' said the dowager—'here, take the rod!'
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- The two countesses had no outlines at all, and the dowager's was a demd outline.
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- The Dowager and "my daughter" left that dinner table trembling all over.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Milo and Eddie, backed by the Dowager and the Duchess, done the real fishing.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "I dote on 'em," comes back the Dowager, and "my daughter" owned up that she "adored" 'em.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The Dowager with a ready anxiety repeated to them his commands.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- Either he had forgotten her, or he was dead, as the Dowager said.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- The Dowager dropped her arm and turned to issue a command to Fortunio.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- The woman moved forward, and he saw as he had suspected, that it was the Dowager herself.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- He looked up and saw the Dowager, and, behind her, the figure of her son.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
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