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Dowager N Widow Title Property Late Husband Manuel

Word dowager
Definition n. A widow with a title or property of her late husband.
Sentence Manuel had been dead for three years. His son Alexius, hardly more than a child, had succeeded him....while at court various suitors aimed at winning his mother the dowager.
Source Baudolino, Umberto Eco, p.241

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