doween.
/daʊˈiː/ A person endowed or holding a dower.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property
lady of dower1439
doweress1519
dowager1530
dowrier1551
tercerc1575
jointress1604
jointuressa1693
dowee1865
douairière1869
1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton I. 272 The dowee may answer by herself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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