dower

«dower» in Mova's school dictionary: the money, land or goods a bride brings to her husband… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (dower, dowers) (old use)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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 →
• He wanted a bride with a large dower of gold. tree →
• The father said his daughter's dower would be a herd of cows. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dower» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.