transcription, транскрипция: [ daʊədʒə(r) ]
( dowagers)
1.
You use dowager to refer to the wife of a dead duke, emperor, or other man of high rank.
...the Dowager Countess Spencer...
Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager’s presence.
ADJ : ADJ n , n ADJ
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Dowager is also a noun.
N-COUNT
2.
If you describe a woman as a dowager , you mean that she is old and rich or looks important. ( LITERARY )
...like stately dowagers on a cruise.
N-COUNT