Definitions for dower

Definitions for (noun) dower

Main entry: dower

Definition: a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband


Main entry: dower, dowery, dowry, portion

Definition: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage


Definitions for (verb) dower

Main entry: endow, dower

Definition: furnish with an endowment

Usage: When she got married, she got dowered


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