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DOWERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dowery mean?
• DOWERY (noun)
The noun DOWERY has 1 sense:
1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
Familiarity information: DOWERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("dowery" is a kind of...):
gift (something acquired without compensation)
Derivation:
dower (furnish with an endowment)
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