[おおみや, oomiya] (n) (1) (hon) imperial palace; shrine; (2) Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; (3) woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; (4) elderly woman of imperial lineage #3,061[Add to Longdo]
[ちゅうぐう, chuuguu] (n) (1) (See 三后) the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager; (2) emperor's second consort; (3) empress; palace of the empress; (4) building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; (5) (See 皇居) demesne of the imperial palace #18,363[Add to Longdo]
[たいこう, taikou] (n) empress dowager; queen mother [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dowager \Dow"a*ger\, n. [OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See
{Dower}.]
1. (Eng. Law) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow
who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or
has property of her own brought by her to her husband on
marriage, and settled on her after his decease. --Blount.
--Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
2. A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her
from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name;
-- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank.
[1913 Webster]
With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans.
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
{Queen dowager}, the widow of a king.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dowager
n 1: a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
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