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Definitions of dower:

  • noun:   a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
  • noun:   money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
  • verb:   furnish with an endowment
    Example: "When she got married, she got dowered"
  • name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #20279)


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