a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authoritythe town's dowagers frequently shake their heads over the younger generation
the town's dowagers frequently shake their heads over the younger generation
dame, grande dame, matriarch, matron
grandam(or grandame)headmistress, mistressmaterfamiliasma, mama(also mamma or momma), mammy, mom, mother
in 1530
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