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Posted by condour at April 23, 2004 04:35 AM April 23, 2004 (perm)

Apparently wealthy dowager is redundant:

Main Entry: dow??a??ger

Pronunciation: 'dau-i-j&r

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French douagiere, from douage dower, from douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot-, dos gift, dower -- more at DATE

1 : a widow holding property or a title from her deceased husband

2 : a dignified elderly woman



Take that, Margaret Dumont!

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