/'daʊədʒə(r); `dauədʒɚ/
n
1 woman who holds a title or property because of her dead husband's position 因亡夫之地位而持有称号或财产的寡妇
*[attrib 作定语] the dowager duchess 公爵遗孀.
2 (infml 口) dignified, usu wealthy, elderly woman 年长的贵妇人.

n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French;Origin: douagiere, from douer 'to give, endow']
a woman from a high social class who has land or a title from her dead husband
　the dowager Duchess of Devonshire
informal a respected and impressive old lady