Dower

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
2. isim Property given by a groom to his bride or her family, at or before their wedding, in order to legitimize the marriage

   “[…] how features are abroad, / I am skill-less of; but, by my modesty,— / The jewel in my dower,—I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you […]”

3. isim That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

   “How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower!”

4. fiil To give a dower or dowry to.

   “He had married a lady well educated and softly nurtured, but not dowered with worldly wealth.”

5. fiil To endow.

   “It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws.”

6. isim Alternative spelling of dougher.
7. özel isim A surname.