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名詞

dowages

1. plural of dowage
   • 1819, A commoner, The Extraordinary Red Book‎, J. Johnston and W. Clarke, page 49:

     It was stated in the House of Commons, on the motion made by Mr. Littleton, April 28, 1818, respecting the warrants for regulating the pensions due to military officers' widows, that the duchess dowages of Northumberland claimed the pension of a general's widow £150.