- dowagers
- dow·a·ger || 'daʊədʒə n. widow with an inheritance or title; stately elderly lady
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Empress Dowager Li Ezi — (李娥姿) (536 588), later Buddhist nun name Changbei (常悲), was an empress dowager of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Zhou. She was the mother of Emperor Xuan.Li Ezi was born in 536, around the Jiangling (江陵, in modern Jingzhou, Hubei) region,… … Wikipedia
dowager — [[t]da͟ʊəʤə(r)[/t]] dowagers 1) ADJ: ADJ n, n ADJ You use dowager to refer to the wife of a dead duke, emperor, or other man of high rank. ...the Dowager Countess Spencer... Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager s presence. N COUNT… … English dictionary
