dowager
noun /ˈdaʊədʒə(r)/
/ˈdaʊədʒər/
- a woman of high social rank who has a title from her dead husband
(具有亡夫头衔的)孀居贵妇 - the dowager Duchess of Norfolk
诺福克公爵遗孀
- the dowager Duchess of Norfolk
- (informal) an impressive, usually rich, old woman
气度不凡的老年贵妇人
词源mid 16th cent.: from Old French douagiere, from douage ‘dower’, from douer ‘endow’, from Latin dotare ‘endow’, from dos, dot- ‘dowry’; related to dare ‘give’.