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Dower vs Rower - What's the difference?

dower | rower |

As nouns the difference between dower and rower

is that dower is (legal) the part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate while rower is one who rows.

As a verb dower

is to give a dower or dowry.

dower

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
  • (legal) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage.
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 1
  • (obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
  • * Wordsworth
    • Man in his primeval dower arrayed.

    Antonyms

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    Related terms

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    See also

    * (l) * ("dower" on Wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give a dower or dowry.
  • To endow.

    • Anagrams

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    rower

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who rows.
  • * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VI
    • It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers , with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.
  • A rowing machine.
  • * 1988 , Richard Allen Winett, Ageless athletes (page 65)
    • Aerobic and weight training sessions should also complement each other. For example, on a day you work your upper body with weights, you can use a rower for aerobics.
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