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
- (informal)
an impressive, usually rich, old woman 气度不凡的老年贵妇人
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French douagiere, from douage ‘dower’, from douer ‘endow’, from Latin dotare ‘endow’, from dos, dot- ‘dowry’; related to dare ‘give’.