Definition of 'dowry'
Noun
(dowries)
Payment, as property or money, of a bride’s inheritance by her family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.[Gary Ferraro & Susan Andreatta, Cultural Anthropology , 8th edn. (Belmont, Cal: Wadsworth, 2010), 223.]
Antonyms
* dower
* bride price
Hypernyms
* marriage portion
Related terms
* reverse dowry
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Verb
(en-verb)
To bestow a dowry upon.
* 1999 , Judith Everard, ?Michael C. E. Jones, Charters Duchess Constance Br , Page xvi
* 2013 Noreen Giffney, ?Margrit Shildrick, Theory on the Edge: Irish Studies and the Politics of Sexual Difference , Page 62
* 1911 , Aida Rodman De Milt, Ways and Days Out of London , Page 108
* 1976 , Graham Anderson, Studies in Lucian's Comic Fiction , Page 19
See also
* glory box
* hope chest
* trousseau
References
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