dowager

Betekenis

1. a widow holding property or title derived from her late husband
2. any lady of dignified bearing

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdaʊədʒə/

Etimologie

From Middle French douagere, douagiere, from douage (“dower”), from the verb douer (“to endow”), from Latin dōtō (“to endow”), from dōs (“dowry”).

Sinne

She spent the rest of her life as Dowager Queen in Bohemia .