dowerless
- a word derived from dower.
Example Sentences
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Fear was among them; fear handed down from generations of dowerless girls who accepted the first proposal lest they might die as old maids.
From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta
You are doing all you can to oppose me, and you have determined to marry the dowerless daughter of a poor soldier.
From In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Ami'das, the younger brother of Brac'idas, sons of Mile'sio; the former in love with the dowerless Lucy, and the latter with the wealthy Philtra.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Philip, Mademoiselle de Valecourt will not come to you as a dowerless bride, which indeed would be a shame for a daughter of so old and noble a family.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
So like an outcast, dowerless and pale, Thy daughter went; and in a foreign gale Spread her young banner, till its sway became A wonder to the nations.
From The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence
