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DOWER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a baker, doghere, from an agent derivative of Middle English dogh ‘dough’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dauer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dower.
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Girl/Female
German
Small Brook
Boy/Male
Polish
God is great.
Girl/Female
Native American
She is not sterile.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Humble and Brave
Male
Serbian
(Serbian Драго): Slavic name derived from the word drago DRAGO means "precious." In use by the Croatians, Serbians, Slovenes. Compare with another form of Drago.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Polish, Slovenia, Swedish, Teutonic
Famous Wolf; Wolf Fame
Girl/Female
Spanish
Noble. Of the nobility.
Boy/Male
English American
Elf-wise friend.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Possessing Divine Surplus
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Derbyshire (or some other minor place with the same name), named in Old English with the personal name Pad(d)a + feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’.
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v. t.
To furnish with a dower; to endow.
n.
The property with which a woman is endowed
n.
The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower.
n.
That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.
n.
A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.
n.
A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease.
n. pl.
The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.
n.
An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
a.
Of or relating to a dower.
n.
The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
p. a.
Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
n.
A woman entitled to dower.
v. t.
To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
n. pl.
Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
v. t.
Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower.
n.
That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
a.
Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower.
n.
See Dower.
a.
Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.
n.
That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.