İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. dul yasli kadin. zengin dul, varlikli dul. dul yaşlı kadın. dul yaşlı kadın. zengin dul kadın, kocasından ünvan kalan dul kadın, gösterişli yaşlı kadın.
2. eşinden miras kalan malı veya ünvanı olan dul kadın, ; zengin dul, queen dowager vefat etmis olan kralın dul eşi, ağır başlı yaşlı kadın.
3. zengin dul. varlikli dul.
4.  ünlü bir adamın dul karısı.
5. dul yaşlı kadın.

Etymology : Middle French douagiere, from douage dower, from douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot-, dos gift, dower; more at DATE
Pronunciation : 'dau-i-j&r
Function : noun
Date : 1530

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1. widow with an inheritance or title; stately elderly lady. dowager\dow"a*ger\ , n. [of. douagiere, fr. douage dower. see: dower.].
2. (eng. law) 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.
3. 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. with prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans.
4. 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.
5. 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. a widow holding property received from her deceased husband.
6. 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. Dowager is also a noun.
7. If you describe a woman as a dowager, you mean that she is old and rich or looks important. like stately dowagers on a cruise.