Dowager :: Dowager (n.) 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..

Dowager :: Dowager (n.) 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..

Dowagerism :: Dowagerism (n.) The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively..

Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..

Wager :: Wager (v. t.) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event..

Wager :: Wager (v. t.) That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.

Wager :: Wager (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet..

Wager :: Wager (v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.

Wagered :: Wagered (imp. & p. p.) of Wage.

Wagerer :: Wagerer (n.) One who wagers, or lays a bet..

Wagering :: Wagering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wage.

Wagering :: Wagering (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.

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