Dowager

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Dowager

Postby drsved » Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:23 pm

One of several words I just found sitting on a list to look up and post.
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Re: Dowager

Postby Philip Hudson » Mon Jan 12, 2015 2:11 am

Etymonline.com says of dowager: (n.) 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).
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