Word of the Day - Dowager

[debodun]

Dowager (noun) - a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband; a dignified elderly woman.

My dad used to call dowagers "dough waggers" because they took delight in displaying their wealth.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Most dowagers from history that I am aware of lived ostentatious lifestyles.

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[Pepper]

He was hunched over in what we call a dowager's hump.

 

[RubyK]

Dowager is a word that not many people use these days. Now they call that type of old woman a cougar.

 

[debodun]

A cougar doesn't necessarily imply wealthy.

 

[RubyK]

I disagree. Nowdays, it takes money for a cougar to keep the younger men interested.

 

[Rosemarie]

When a duke dies and his son takes over the estate, there is often conflict between the wife of the new duke and the dowager (widow of the previous one).