Plural of dowager
regular plural
The plural of dowager is dowagers.
Forms of dowager
| Singular | dowager /ˈdaʊədʒə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | dowagers |
| Countable | countable |
Dowagers in a sentence
- Penny whist, the game of shabby genteel dowagers and doddards.1984, Elizabeth Hewitt, Captain Black, New York, N.Y.: Signet, New American Library, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry doddard
- It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders.1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190. From the entry pander
Meaning of dowager
- noun A widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- noun The widow of the holder of a title (usually a member of the peerage or a baronet); used in combination with the title she held during her husband's lifetime.
- noun Any lady of dignified bearing, especially an older one.
Questions about the plural of dowager
- What is the plural of dowager?
- The plural of dowager is dowagers.
- Is dowager countable?
- Dowager is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dowager (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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