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Dowager - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Dowager : (noun)
1: a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dowager : \Dow"a*ger\, n. [OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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DOWAGER. A widow endowed; one who has a jointure.
2. In England, this is a title or addition given to the widows of
princes, dukes, earls, and other noblemen.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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