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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.