jointress

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/ˈd͡ʒɔɪntɹɪs/

noun

A widow who has a jointure; a dowager.

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Meanings

nounjointress (plural jointresses)

plural jointresses

  1. A widow who has a jointure; a dowager.

    Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, now our Queen, Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this warlike State, Haue we, as ’twere, with a defeated ioy, With one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, With mirth in Funerall, and with Dirge in Marriage, In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole Taken to Wife […]

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 153, column 2, lines 8–14

Origin

From jointer + -ess.

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APA

jointress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jointress

MLA

“jointress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jointress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jointress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jointress.

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