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dowagerism

dowagerism noun: the status of a dowager.

Noun

dowagerism (uncountable)

  1. The status of a dowager.
    • mansions that have passed away into dowagerism1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 47, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Origin of dowagerism

From dowager + -ism.

Questions about dowagerism

What does dowagerism mean?
Dowagerism means the status of a dowager.
What part of speech is dowagerism?
Dowagerism is a noun.

Words near dowagerism in the dictionary

  1. dowager
  2. dowager's hump
  3. dowager's humps
  4. dowagerial
  5. dowagerish
  6. dowagerism
  7. dowagerlike
  8. dowagerly
  9. dowagers
  10. dowagers' humps
  11. dowages

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