Dowager
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A widow endowed; one who has a jointure. In England. A title or addition given to the widows of princes, dukes, earls, and other noblemen, to distinguish them from the wives of the heir, who have a right to bear the title.