Dowager

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  • noun. A widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband.
  • noun. An elderly woman of high social station.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In law, a widow endowed or possessed of a jointure.
  • noun. A title given to a widow to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name: applied particularly to the widows of princes and persons of rank.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease.
  • noun. A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank.
  • noun. the widow of a king.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
  • noun. Any lady of dignified bearing.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
    • Word Usage
    "I guess a dowager is actually always a woman who inherits property from her dead husband."
    Hypernym
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    widow  widow woman  
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    baronet  duchess  matron  regent  
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    Eve  Frau  abbess  beldam  chatelaine  
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