dowager
noun [C] /ˈdaʊə.dʒər/
/-dʒɚ/ Definition
› specialized a woman of high social rank whose husband is dead but who has a title and property because of her marriage to him: a dowager queenRoyalty, aristocracy and titles › literary an old woman who is, or behaves as if she is, of high social rankKinds of womenMen and women
(Definition of dowager noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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