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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dow·a·ger /ˈdaʊɪʤɚ/
 富孀;貴婦

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dow·a·ger n.
 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.
 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dowager
      n : a widow holding property received from her deceased husband