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# dower

noun (dower, dowers) (old use)

«dower» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A dower is the money, land or goods a bride brings to her husband when they marry, or property a widow keeps after her husband dies (old use, from fairy tales). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dower/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a dower is what a father gives with his daughter, often a gift that a suitor must be worthy of.

### Examples

- The king promised a castle as her dower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dower/#x1)
- He wanted a bride with a large dower of gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dower/#x2)
- The father said his daughter's dower would be a herd of cows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dower/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dower/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dower.html) on Mova free.