a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband 受有亡夫遗产(或称号)的寡妇 [as modifier]the dowager duchess. 伯爵遗孀。 [postpositive]the queen dowager. 太后,国王遗孀。 ■(informal)a dignified elderly woman (非正式)老年贵妇人
语源
mid 16th cent.: from Old French douagiere, from douage 'dower', from douer 'endow', from Latin dotare 'endow' (see dower)