单词 | dowryless |
释义 | > as lemmasdowryless dowry-money; dowryless, dowry-seeking adjs. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [adjective] > of or relating to dowry > possessing a dowry > not dowerless1608 unportioned1661 portionless1694 tocherless1790 undowered1803 untochered1823 dowryless1925 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 67 Her Dowry money not payed out of France. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 267 The love-sick or dowry-seeking soldier. 1925 Glasgow Herald 31 Dec. 4 The ‘Army man’..outraged the conventions of Breffne by marrying a dowryless maiden for love. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female xv. 303 She came to be chosen in marriage for her dowryless self alone. < as lemmas |
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