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Dowered
Dowered Dow"ered, p. a.
Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
--Shak.
Dowerless
Dowerless Dow"er*less, a.
Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. --Shak.
DoweryDowery Dow"er*y, n.
See Dower. EndowerEndower En*dow"er, v. t. [Cf. OF. endouairer. See Dower,
Endow.]
To endow. [Obs.] --Waterhouse. Endower
Endower En*dow"er, n.
One who endows.
Overshadower
Overshadower O"ver*shad"ow*er, n.
One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. --Bacon.
Widower
Widower Wid"ow*er, n.
A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married
again. --Shak.
Widowerhood
Widowerhood Wid"ow*er*hood, n.
The state of being a widower.
Meaning of Dower from wikipedia
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Dower is a
provision accorded by law, but
traditionally by a
husband or his family, to a wife for her
support in the
event that she
should become widowed...
- to buy land to add to his
personal estate. She also
brought nearly 100
dower slaves for her use
during her lifetime. They and
their descendants reverted...
- On an English,
Scottish or
Welsh estate, a
dower house is
usually a
moderately large house available for use by the
widow of the
previous owner of the...
- The
Dower House,
Stoke Park is a
building in Bristol, England. It is one Bristol's more
prominent landmarks, set on Purdown, a hill
above the M32 motorway...
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Colonel Alan
Vincent Gandar Dower (28
March 1898 – 6 May 1980) was a
British Army
officer and politician. He was
Conservative Member of
Parliament (MP)...
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Dower Lake is a lake in Todd County, in the U.S.
state of Minnesota.
Dower Lake was
named for
Sampson Dower, an
English settler. List of
lakes in Minnesota...
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until 1972, of the
Ryukyu Islands – was
fully restored.
According to John
Dower, in his book
Cultures of War:
Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq, the factors...
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Dower & Hall is a
British Jewellery brand that was
established in 1990 by
husband and wife team Dan
Dower &
Diane Hall. The
brand has a
store in Glasgow...
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during an
Islamic marriage. "
Dower" is the
English translation that
comes closest to
Islamic meaning of mahr, as "
dower"
refers to the
payment from the...
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political figure. The
marriage gave
Washington control over Martha's one-third
dower interest in the 18,000-acre (7,300 ha)
Custis estate,
worth about £40,000...