Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empress dowager

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: em-press -dowa-ger
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mother or widow of an emperor, especially in a Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese empire.

Inflected Forms

empress dowagers (plural) empresses dowager (plural) empresses dowagers (plural)

Questions

What does empress dowager mean?: The mother or widow of an emperor, especially in a Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese empire.

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