DOWRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dowry mean? 

• DOWRY (noun)
  The noun DOWRY has 1 sense:

1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

  Familiarity information: DOWRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWRY (noun)

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:

dower; dowery; dowry; portion

Hypernyms ("dowry" is a kind of...):

gift (something acquired without compensation)

 Context examples 

She brought, I understand, a considerable dowry?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If the tailor conquered and killed these two giants, he would give him his only daughter to wife, and half of his kingdom as a dowry, likewise one hundred horsemen should go with him to assist him.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

A fair dowry.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Miss Doran, whose graceful figure and striking face attracted much attention at the Westbury House festivities, is an only child, and it is currently reported that her dowry will run to considerably over the six figures, with expectancies for the future.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)