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dowerless

/ˈdaʊ.ə(ɹ).ləs/

dowerless adjective: lacking a dowry; dowryless.

Adjective

dowerless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a dowry; dowryless.
    • A carol (Greene no. 315) which relates how St. Nicholas helped three dowerless girls employs, in stanzas 4-6, a type of incremental repetition in which each daughter speaks in turn […]1980, Mary Diane McCabe, “Chapter Three: The Miracle of the Cock”, in A critical study of some traditional religious ballads, Durham University, page 37
    Synonyms:
    dowryless

Synonyms of dowerless

Origin of dowerless

From dower + -less.

Words formed from dowerless

Questions about dowerless

What does dowerless mean?
Dowerless means lacking a dowry; dowryless.
What part of speech is dowerless?
Dowerless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dowerless?
Dowerless is pronounced /ˈdaʊ.ə(ɹ).ləs/.

Words near dowerless in the dictionary

  1. doweress
  2. doweresses
  3. doweries
  4. dowering
  5. dowerings
  6. dowerless
  7. dowerlessness
  8. dowers
  9. dowery
  10. dowey
  11. dowf

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