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    dowager

    详细解释:n. 继承遗产或爵位的寡妇
    【法】 受有亡失遗产的寡, 妇寡君贵妇人

    英语解释:

    名词 dowager:

    a widow holding property received from her deceased husband

    详细解释:


    dow.a.ger

    n.(名词)
    A widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband.
    受有亡夫遗产的寡妇
    An elderly woman of high social station.
    老年贵妇人

    来源:
    Obsolete French douagière
    已废法语 douagière
    from douage [dower]
    源自 douage [捐赠]
    from douer [to endow]
    源自 douer [天赋]
    from Latin t3re
    源自 拉丁语 t3re
    from s dôt- [dowry] * see dô-
    源自 s dôt- [嫁妆] *参见 dô-