Dow'a-ger, n.

n. [From dowage. See DOWER, and cf. Fr. douairière, from douaire, dower.]

1. (Eng. Law.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or who has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease. Blount. Burrill.
2. A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; — it is chiefly applied to the widows of personages of rank.

Queen dowager, the widow of a king.