dow·a·ger 
(douə-jər)
(douə-jər)n.
1. A widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband.
2. An elderly woman of high social station.
[Obsolete French douagière, from douage, dower, from douer, to endow, from Latin dōtāre, from dōs, dōt-, dowry; see dō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]