d 2 o 1 w 4 e 1 r 1
5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
noun a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
verb furnish with an endowment
originFrom Middle English dower, dowere, from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs. Doublet of dowry.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0