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dowager

[dou-uh-jer] / ˈdaʊ ə dʒər /
NOUN
old woman
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Fellow Downton star Samantha Bond says fledgling performers in the series sometimes found it hard to distinguish between Dame Maggie and the acid-tongued dowager countess she portrayed.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

Following Gaozong’s death in 683, Wu ruled as empress dowager and regent for her son, though she held all the real power of the state.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Hardboiled in a dowager disguise, Mrs. Fletcher is independent-minded and free of sentimentality, always ready to take a dispassionate stand for truth.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2022

They did, for 17 additional episodes, until Spratt’s boss, the dowager countess, dismissed him.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Some 300 participants and organizers gathered in the ornate ballroom of the Washington Duke Hotel, the sixteen-story fading dowager of Durham’s glory days, to celebrate the completion of their work.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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