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Definition of 'dower'

Noun

  1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
       Synonyms: dowry dowery portion
  2. a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

Verb

  1. furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"
       Synonyms: endow


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