dowager
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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
Consider the haughtiness of her unforgettable dowager in “Gosford Park” set against the character’s dire financial straits.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 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
It raised her stature to the royal lady which she was, to a straight-backed dowager whose rheumatic fingers flashed with rings, who had ridden the world successfully for fifty years.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing dowager
"The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen
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Chinese History - Middle School and High School
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Dame Maggie Smith (1934–2024) Tribute List
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