dowagern.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊᵻdʒə/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊədʒər/

Forms: Also 1500s do-, douagier, dowagier, douager.

Etymology: < Old French douagere, douagiere, douaygere, dowaigiere, doagiere widow enjoying a dower, feminine of douaigier , etc. (= modern French douairier ), < douage dower + -ier , -er suffix².

a. A woman whose husband is dead and who is in the enjoyment of some title or some property that has come to her from him. Often added to the title so enjoyed, as princess-dowager, queen-dowager, dowager-duchess, dowager-queen, dowager-lady, etc.Apparently first used of Mary Tudor, widow of Louis XII; then of Catherine of Arragon, styled ‘Princess Dowager’.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property

lady of dower1439

doweress1519

dowager1530

dowrier1551

tercerc1575

jointress1604

jointuressa1693

dowee1865

douairière1869

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Ep. to Hen. VIII Your..most entirely beloved suster quene Mary douagier of France.

1542 Chronicle of Fabyan II. 488 In Ianuary dyed lady Katherine princes dowager [printed -yer].

1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) 93 They gaue her to name Ladye Douager.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 157 I haue a widowe aunt, a dowager, Of great reuenew.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 177 Respecting this our Marriage with the Dowager, Sometimes our Brothers Wife.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3745/2 She was accompanied by the Dutchess of Savoy, her Mother, and by the Dutchess-Dowager.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 355 The two Dowagers, his Mother and Grandmother, having great Joyntures out of the Estate.

1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII II. 26 He espoused Eleanor dowager of William earl of Pembroke.

1809 Naval Chron. 22 276 Mrs. Innes, Dowager, of Sandside.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 452 A marriage with of of Duke Richard's daughters would have seemed a more natural alliance for the young conqueror than a marriage with their dowager aunt.

†b. Loosely used. (In Drayton, apparently = ‘lady holding in dower’.) Obsolete.

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1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 40 As Charles faire daughter..As Henries Queene..By Englands conquest, and by Fraunce's oth, Thou art the true made dowager of both.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxxiii. 63/1 Kathren of Spaine, Wife and Dowager to King Henry the eight.

c. colloquial. An elderly lady of dignified demeanour.

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the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun]

old wifeeOE

old womanOE

trota1375

carlinec1375

cronec1386

vecke1390

monea1393

hagc1400

ribibec1405

aunt?a1425

crate14..

witchc1475

mauda1500

mackabroine1546

grandam?1550

grannam1565

old lady1575

beldam1580

lucky1629

granny1634

patriarchess1639

runta1652

harridan1699

grimalkin1798

mama1810

tante1815

wifie1823

maw1826

old dear1836

tante1845

Mother Bunch1847

douairière1869

dowager1870

veteraness1880

old trout1897

tab1909

bag1924

crow1925

ma1932

Skinny Liz1940

old bag1947

old boot1958

tannie1958

LOL1960

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iii. 17 Like the legendary ghost of a Dowager in silken skirts.

1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette v Anxious dowagers are giving longing glances at the provision-basket.

d. transferred and figurative. Of men or animals.

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1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 71 Our..dowager generals, those who, from old men are scarcely better than old women.

1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt xiv A couple of stout post~horses were..preferable to their own quiet dowagers.

Derivatives

ˈdowager v. (intransitive) to play the dowager.

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1825 J. Jekyll Let. 6 Oct. in Corr. (1894) 150 I dowager daily in the carriage.

1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. viii. 235 I will not invite you to ‘dowager’ in the barouche with me.

ˈdowagerdom n. Apparently an isolated use.

ˈdowagerhood n. Apparently an isolated use.

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1891 Blackwood's Mag. 149 553/1 The well-preserved dowagerhood of Hampton Court.

ˈdowagerism n. Apparently an isolated use.

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1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlvii. 417 Mansions that have passed away into Dowagerism.

ˈdowagership n. Apparently an isolated use.

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1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 426 Bury him decently in Westminster, and enjoy the dowagership most gallantly.

dowaˈgerian adj. Apparently an isolated use.

ˈdowagerish adj. Apparently an isolated use.

ˈdowagerly adj. Apparently an isolated use.

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1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 286 Sober dowagerly entertainments.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dowager
释义	dowagern. Brit. /ˈdaʊᵻdʒə/, U.S. /ˈdaʊədʒər/ Forms: Also 1500s do-, douagier, dowagier, douager. Etymology: < Old French douagere, douagiere, douaygere, dowaigiere, doagiere widow enjoying a dower, feminine of douaigier , etc. (= modern French douairier ), < douage dower + -ier , -er suffix². a. A woman whose husband is dead and who is in the enjoyment of some title or some property that has come to her from him. Often added to the title so enjoyed, as princess-dowager, queen-dowager, dowager-duchess, dowager-queen, dowager-lady, etc.Apparently first used of Mary Tudor, widow of Louis XII; then of Catherine of Arragon, styled ‘Princess Dowager’. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property lady of dower1439 doweress1519 dowager1530 dowrier1551 tercerc1575 jointress1604 jointuressa1693 dowee1865 douairière1869 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Ep. to Hen. VIII Your..most entirely beloved suster quene Mary douagier of France. 1542 Chronicle of Fabyan II. 488 In Ianuary dyed lady Katherine princes dowager [printed -yer]. 1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) 93 They gaue her to name Ladye Douager. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 157 I haue a widowe aunt, a dowager, Of great reuenew. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 177 Respecting this our Marriage with the Dowager, Sometimes our Brothers Wife. View more context for this quotation 1701 London Gaz. No. 3745/2 She was accompanied by the Dutchess of Savoy, her Mother, and by the Dutchess-Dowager. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 355 The two Dowagers, his Mother and Grandmother, having great Joyntures out of the Estate. 1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII II. 26 He espoused Eleanor dowager of William earl of Pembroke. 1809 Naval Chron. 22 276 Mrs. Innes, Dowager, of Sandside. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 452 A marriage with of of Duke Richard's daughters would have seemed a more natural alliance for the young conqueror than a marriage with their dowager aunt. †b. Loosely used. (In Drayton, apparently = ‘lady holding in dower’.) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 40 As Charles faire daughter..As Henries Queene..By Englands conquest, and by Fraunce's oth, Thou art the true made dowager of both. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxxiii. 63/1 Kathren of Spaine, Wife and Dowager to King Henry the eight. c. colloquial. An elderly lady of dignified demeanour. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] old wifeeOE old womanOE trota1375 carlinec1375 cronec1386 vecke1390 monea1393 hagc1400 ribibec1405 aunt?a1425 crate14.. witchc1475 mauda1500 mackabroine1546 grandam?1550 grannam1565 old lady1575 beldam1580 lucky1629 granny1634 patriarchess1639 runta1652 harridan1699 grimalkin1798 mama1810 tante1815 wifie1823 maw1826 old dear1836 tante1845 Mother Bunch1847 douairière1869 dowager1870 veteraness1880 old trout1897 tab1909 bag1924 crow1925 ma1932 Skinny Liz1940 old bag1947 old boot1958 tannie1958 LOL1960 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iii. 17 Like the legendary ghost of a Dowager in silken skirts. 1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette v Anxious dowagers are giving longing glances at the provision-basket. d. transferred and figurative. Of men or animals. ΚΠ 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 71 Our..dowager generals, those who, from old men are scarcely better than old women. 1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt xiv A couple of stout post~horses were..preferable to their own quiet dowagers. Derivatives ˈdowager v. (intransitive) to play the dowager. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jekyll Let. 6 Oct. in Corr. (1894) 150 I dowager daily in the carriage. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. viii. 235 I will not invite you to ‘dowager’ in the barouche with me. ˈdowagerdom n. Apparently an isolated use. ˈdowagerhood n. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1891 Blackwood's Mag. 149 553/1 The well-preserved dowagerhood of Hampton Court. ˈdowagerism n. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlvii. 417 Mansions that have passed away into Dowagerism. ˈdowagership n. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 426 Bury him decently in Westminster, and enjoy the dowagership most gallantly. dowaˈgerian adj. Apparently an isolated use. ˈdowagerish adj. Apparently an isolated use. ˈdowagerly adj. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 286 Sober dowagerly entertainments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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