dowager

n.
1. widow寡妇，未亡人。
△H.VIII.2.4.178(181):“Re-specting this our marriage with the dowager,/ Some-times our brother’s wife.”鉴于我和从前我的兄长的妻子、他的遗孀结了婚。
2. widow with property rights charged upon an estate继承亡夫遗产的寡妇。
△Mid.1.1.5: “Like to a step-dame,or a dowager / Long withering out a youngman’s revenue.”好像一位后母或者富孀，长期消耗一位年青人的财产。

dowager[ˈdaudӠə]

n.寡妇，富有年长的贵妇