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Dowager
Dowager Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dowager?
[n] a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
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{Dower}.]
1. (Eng. Law) 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. --Blount.
--Burrill.
2. 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.
With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans.
--Tennyson.
{Queen dowager}, the widow of a king.
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