Dowager Definition

douə-jər
dowagers
noun
A widow with a title or property derived from her dead husband.
Queen dowager, dowager duchess.
Webster's New World
An elderly woman of wealth and dignity.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Dowager

Noun

Singular:
dowager
Plural:
dowagers

Origin of Dowager

  • Obsolete French douagière from douage dower from douer to endow from Latin dōtāre from dōs dōt- dowry dō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to dowager using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

dowager