Beauty carries its dower in its face.
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Dower
//ˈdaʊ.əɹ//
Synonyms for "dower" (73 found)
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21 translations across 11 languages.
Breton
1 entries- trederann noun (property given to wife at marriage)
Bulgarian
1 entries- зестра noun (property given to wife at marriage)
Czech
4 entries- dar noun (gift)
- nadání noun (gift)
- talent noun (gift)
- věno noun (property given to wife at marriage)
Dutch
2 entries- lijftocht noun (part of deceased's property)
- weduwgift noun (property given to wife at marriage)
Finnish
2 entries- huomenlahja noun (property given to wife at marriage)
- lesken osuus noun (part of deceased's property)
French
2 entries- dot noun (part of deceased's property)
- douaire noun (property given to wife at marriage)
Galician
1 entries- dote noun (property given to wife at marriage)
German
3 entries- Leibgedinge noun (part of deceased's property)
- Leibzucht noun (part of deceased's property)
- Wittum noun (property given to wife at marriage)
Irish
2 entries- tionscra noun (property given to wife at marriage)
- tochra noun (property given to wife at marriage)
Italian
2 entries- dotario noun (property given to wife at marriage)
- legittima noun (part of deceased's property)
Welsh
1 entries- cynhysgaeth noun (property given to wife at marriage)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
[…] how features are abroad, / I am skill-less of; but, by my modesty,— / The jewel in my dower,—I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you […]
Source: wiktionary
In New Bedford, fathers, they say, give whales for dowers to their daughters, and portion off their nieces with a few porpoises a-piece.
Source: wiktionary
How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower!
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