† doweressn.

Forms: Also 1500s dowares(se, 1800s dowress.

Etymology: < dower n.², with feminine suffix -ess suffix¹. Compare jointress n.

Obsolete.

A widow holding a dower; dowager n.

ΘΚΠ

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

1519 in Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII (1548) f. lxx^v The..kyng of Englande..with his bedfelowe the quene, and his sister the dowares of Fraunce.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 192 Before the abolition of military tenures, the dowress was attendant on the heir..for the third part of the services.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 287 Some misunderstanding has subsisted between the noble doweress and the present proprietors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	doweress
释义	† doweressn. Forms: Also 1500s dowares(se, 1800s dowress. Etymology: < dower n.², with feminine suffix -ess suffix¹. Compare jointress n. Obsolete. A widow holding a dower; dowager n. ΘΚΠ 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 1519 in Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII (1548) f. lxx^v The..kyng of Englande..with his bedfelowe the quene, and his sister the dowares of Fraunce. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 192 Before the abolition of military tenures, the dowress was attendant on the heir..for the third part of the services. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 287 Some misunderstanding has subsisted between the noble doweress and the present proprietors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1519
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