Dowerless
/ˈdaʊ.ə(ɹ).ləs/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Lacking a dowry; dowryless. not-comparable
"A carol (Greene no. 315) which relates how St. Nicholas helped three dowerless girls employs, in stanzas 4-6, a type of incremental repetition in which each daughter speaks in turn […]"
Adjective
- 1 lacking a dowry wordnet
Example
More examples"A carol (Greene no. 315) which relates how St. Nicholas helped three dowerless girls employs, in stanzas 4-6, a type of incremental repetition in which each daughter speaks in turn […]"
Etymology
From dower + -less.