dower/ˈdaʊ.əɹ/EtymologyFrom Middle English dower, dowere, from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs. Doublet of dowry.dower means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.dower is pronounced /ˈdaʊ.əɹ/.nameA surname.nounThe part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.Property given by a groom to his bride or her family, at or before their wedding, in order to legitimize the marriage“[…] how features are abroad, / I am skill-less of; but, by my modesty,— / The jewel in my dower,—I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you […]”That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.“How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower!”verbTo give a dower or dowry to.“He had married a lady well educated and softly nurtured, but not dowered with worldly wealth.”To endow.“It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws.”