[f. JOINTER1 + -ESS.] A widow who holds a jointure; a dowager.
1602. Shaks., Ham., I. ii. 9. Our Queen Th’ Imperiall Ioyntresse of this warlike State.
1697. Lond. Gaz., No. 3296/4. Part being in present possession, and the other in Reversion after the death of a Joyntress. Ibid. (1707), No. 4320/3. One Estate … subject to a Jointure, which the Jointress is willing to sell.
1892. Law Times Rep., LXVII. 490/2. Since the hearing … one of the jointresses had died and her jointure of 1000l. a year had ceased.
