| 释义 |
‖ douairière, n. rare.|dwɛrjɛr|
[Fr.: see dower n.2 The Fr. word was earlier borrowed into English as dowrier n.]
A dowager.
1869G. Meredith Let. 16 Aug. (1970) I. 390 The person proposed by the douairière young and with money. 1919R. Firbank Valmouth xi. 206 ‘Have you any intention, Eulalia,’ a douairière inquired, ‘of visiting the present châtelaine of Nosely?’ |
