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Meaning of jointress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪntɹɪs/

Definitions

A widow who has a jointure; a dowager.

Examples

“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 […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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