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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..

Electress :: Electress (n.) The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.

Weed :: Weed (n.) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds..

Lone :: Lone (a.) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood..

Widowly :: Widowly (a.) Becoming or like a widow.

Third :: Third (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life..

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.

Widow :: Widow (a.) Widowed.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

Dower :: Dower (n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband..

Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir..

Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement..

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..

Widwe :: Widwe (n.) A widow.

Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.

Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..

Viduage :: Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively..

Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..

Suttee :: Suttee (n.) A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character..

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