dowager
dowa|ger /d'aʊədʒər/ (dowagers)
1 [ADJ] ADJ n, n ADJ
You use dowager to refer to the wife of a dead duke, emperor, or other man of high rank.
...the Dowager Countess Spencer...
Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence.
[N-COUNT]
Dowager is also a noun.
2 [N-COUNT]
If you describe a woman as a dowager, you mean that she is old and rich or looks important. (LITERARY)
...like stately dowagers on a cruise.
1 [ADJ] ADJ n, n ADJ
You use dowager to refer to the wife of a dead duke, emperor, or other man of high rank.
...the Dowager Countess Spencer...
Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence.
[N-COUNT]
Dowager is also a noun.
2 [N-COUNT]
If you describe a woman as a dowager, you mean that she is old and rich or looks important. (LITERARY)
...like stately dowagers on a cruise.