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dowager (n.)
[dowager 词源字典]
1520s, from Middle French
douagere
"widow with a dower" literally "pertaining to a dower," from
douage
"dower," from
douer
"endow," from Latin
dotare
, from
dos
(genitive
dotis
) "dowry" (see
dowry
).
[dowager etymology, dowager origin, 英语词源]