English-Thai Dictionary

dowager

N ภรรยาห ม้าย ของ สามี สูงศักดิ์ ที่ ล่วงลับ ไป แล้ว  widow dame matron pan-ya-mai-kong-sa-me-sung-sak-ti-luang-lab-pai-laeo

 

dowager

N หญิง สูงศักดิ์  หญิง ที่ ได้รับ ความ เคารพนับถือ  ying-sung-sak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOWAGER

n.A widow with a jointure; a title particularly given to the widows of princes and persons of rank. The widow of a king is called queen dowager.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOWAGER

Dow "a *ger, n. Etym: [OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See Dower. ]

 

1. (Eng. Law )

 

Defn: 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. Blount. Burrill.

 

2. 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. Tennyson. Queen dowager, the widow of a king.

 

DOWAGERISM

DOWAGERISM Dow "a *ger *ism, n.

 

Defn: The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively. Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism. Thackeray.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dowager

dow a ger |ˈdouəjər ˈdaʊəʤər | ▶noun a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband: [ as modifier ] : the dowager duchess | [ postpositive ] : the queen dowager. • informal a dignified elderly woman. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old French douagiere, from douage ‘dower, ’ from douer ‘endow, ’ from Latin dotare ‘endow ’ (see dower ).

 

dowager's hump

dow a ger's hump ▶noun forward curvature of the spine resulting in a stoop, typically in women with osteoporosis, caused by collapse of the front edges of the thoracic vertebrae.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dowager

dowager |ˈdaʊədʒə | ▶noun a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband: [ as modifier ] : the dowager duchess | [ postpositive ] : the queen dowager. • informal a dignified elderly woman. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old French douagiere, from douage ‘dower ’, from douer ‘endow ’, from Latin dotare ‘endow ’ (see dower ).

 

dowager's hump

dowager's hump ▶noun [ mass noun ] forward curvature of the spine resulting in a stoop, typically in women with osteoporosis, caused by collapse of the front edges of the thoracic vertebrae.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dowager

dow a ger /dá (ʊ )ədʒə r /名詞 C 1 (亡夫から財産 称号などを継承した )王侯貴族の未亡人 ▸ the dowager duchess (英国の )公爵未亡人 2 ｟くだけて ｠金持ちの老婦人, 威厳のある立派な老婦人 .