Dowager
['daʊədʒə] or ['daʊədʒɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a widow holding property received from her deceased husband.
Typist: Mason--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease.
(n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank.
Checker: Pamela
Definition
n. a widow with a dower or jointure: a title given to a widow to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir.
Edited by Clifford
Examples
- I give her credit for promoting his going dutifully down to Bath, to fetch his mother; but how will she and the dowager agree in one house? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The young lady thus claimed as the dowager's special property, reiterated her question with an explanation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My dear Bantam,' said the Dowager Lady Snuphanuph coaxingly, 'find us some nice creature to make up this table; there's a good soul. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His name was only mentioned with groans in the dowager's circle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Now the dowager's dead I want some one. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And for the first time in her life the Dowager Countess of Southdown was made amusing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was a feminine hatchment, and indeed a few years back had served as a funeral compliment to Sir Pitt's old mother, the late dowager Lady Crawley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Dowager for a moment gave him an angry look; but tossed it off with her head and her fan, and pursued the tenor of her way in her former manner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My dear Celia, said the Dowager, James's title is worth far more than any new earldom. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Not if she marries again before the end of it, said Mrs. Cadwallader, who had some pleasure in startling her good friend the Dowager. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And to see the old dowager making her recline on a couch, and 'my son John' prohibiting excitement, etcetera--faugh! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No, to be sure not, said the Dowager Lady Chettam, with stately emphasis. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- One Dowager, SHE calls it lip-salve. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I cannot possibly countenance any such inconsistent proceeding, chimed in the Dowager Ingram. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- That's the Dowager Lady Snuphanuph. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mesdames (to the dowagers), you will take cold to a dead certainty, if you stay in this chill gallery any longer. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The dowagers Ingram and Lynn sought solace in a quiet game at cards. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The two proud dowagers, Lady Lynn and Lady Ingram, confabulate together. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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