'Dowager' definitions:
Definition of 'dowager'
From: WordNet
noun
A widow holding property received from her deceased husband
Definition of 'Dowager'
From: GCIDE
- Dowager \Dow"a*ger\, n. [OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See Dower.]
- 1. (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. --Blount. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Queen dowager, the widow of a king. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dowager'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbess,
- beldam,
- chatelaine,
- crone,
- dame,
- daughter of Eve,
- distaff,
- domina,
- donna,
- Eve,
- femme,
- first lady,
- Frau,
- frow,
- frump,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- grandam,
- grande dame,
- grandmother,
- granny,
- great lady,
- hag,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- lady,
- lass,
- madam,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- milady,
- mistress,
- mother superior,
- old battle-ax,
- old dame,
- old girl,
- old granny,
- old lady,
- old trot,
- old wife,
- old woman,
- queen dowager,
- relict,
- squaw,
- trot,
- vrouw,
- wahine,
- war-horse,
- weaker vessel,
- widow,
- widow woman,
- widower,
- widowman,
- witch,
- woman