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Definition of Dowerless
1. Adjective. Lacking a dowry.
Definition of Dowerless
1. a. Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.
Definition of Dowerless
1. Adjective. Lacking a dowry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dowerless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dowerless
Literary usage of Dowerless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Life by Paul de Rousiers (1891)
"dowerless DAUGHTERS.—FORMS OF MARRIAGE.—LARGE FAMILIES AND CHILDLESS MARRIAGES.—THE
DIVORCE QUESTION. I.—HEIRESSES. Let us, first of all, ..."
2. St. Nicholas: His Legend and His Rôle in the Christmas Celebration and Other by George Harley McKnight (1917)
"NICHOLAS AND THE dowerless MAIDENS DEFERENCE has already been made to the •*• ^
fact that after the introduction of Christianity the name of St. Nicholas ..."
3. The Golden Dog (Le Chien D'or): A Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in by William Kirby (1903)
"The venerable Lady Superior used to say we were dowerless brides, we of the house
of Lotbiniere." "But you shall not be dowerless, ..."
4. Potter's American Monthly (1878)
"dowerless ! Was Margaret Atheling dowerless? Yes, so far as lands and gold are
concerned ; but in all that makes the female character lovely—youth, ..."
5. French and English: A Comparison by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1889)
"That such marriages must exist will be evident to any one who reflects that in
France there are dowerless girls who get married nevertheless. ..."
6. The Golden Dog (Le Chien D'or): A Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in by William Kirby (1903)
"The venerable Lady Superior used to say we were dowerless brides, ... who, being,
like me, a dowerless postulante, begged from house to house throughout the ..."
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