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Dowager vs Dowagerism - What's the difference?

dowager | dowagerism |

As nouns the difference between dowager and dowagerism

is that dowager is a widow holding property or title derived from her late husband while dowagerism is the rank or condition of a dowager.

dowager

English

(wikipedia dowager)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
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  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers , the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts,!”
  • Any lady of dignified bearing.

    • See also

    * ("dowager" on Wikipedia)

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    dowagerism

    English

    Noun

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  • The rank or condition of a dowager.
    • Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism . — Thackeray.
    (Webster 1913)