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UK term for a large house available to an estate owner's widow
A dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the previous owner of an English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish estate
Dower_house
Grade I listed historic house museum
house was let out. Adjoining Spencer House is a smaller terraced house at No. 28 St James's Place; this was originally constructed as a Dower House for
Spencer_House,_Westminster
Building in England, Bristol
The Dower House, Stoke Park is a dower house in Bristol, England. It is one of Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on Purdown, a hill above the M32
The_Dower_House,_Stoke_Park
Park in Bristol, England
flanks of Purdown, alongside the M32 motorway, together with the landmark Dower House and Purdown transmitter. Approximately 80% of the park is within the
Stoke_Park,_Bristol
Assets reserved for a wife in case her husband dies
Dower is a provision accorded traditionally by a husband or his family, to a wife for her support should she become widowed. It was settled on the bride
Dower
House in Hertfordshire, England
The Dower House is a Grade II* listed house in Cooper's Lane between Potters Bar and Northaw in Hertfordshire, England. It was built in 1749 and was formerly
The_Dower_House,_Northaw
Location in Perthshire in Scotland
Stobhall Castle) is a country house and estate in Perthshire in Scotland, 8 miles (13 km) from Perth. The 17th-century dower house and several other buildings
Stobhall
Building in Egedal Municipality, Denmark
Melchior's Dower House (Danish: Melchiors Enkesæde), situated in a small public greenspace at the corner of Byvej and Engholmvej in Stenløse, Egedal Municipality
Melchior's_Dower_House
Country house in Gloucestershire, England
lakes, lodges, a dower house, an orangery, a church, and a walled kitchen garden. Formal gardens adjoin the main house. The house is Grade I listed on
Dodington_Park
Village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England
prosperity was over and the population decreased". Notable houses include the Dower House, from the late 17th century is now Grade II listed. The village
Castle_Combe
Comprises the buildings and supporting farmland and woods of a very large property
great house was supplied with food from its own home farm (for meat and dairy) and a kitchen garden (for fruit and vegetables). A dower house may have
Estate_(land)
Historic site
Fleming 1886. Historic Environment Scotland. "BALCARRES HOUSE, INCLUDING OUTBUILDINGS DOWER HOUSE AND FRONT ENTRANCE GATES (Category A Listed Building LB8625)"
Balcarres_House
Country house in Hertfordshire, England
former pump house, which used to provide water to the main house. Homewood, Knebworth, the dower house Historic England. "KNEBWORTH HOUSE (1102767)".
Knebworth_House
Heritage-listed house in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Boyd designed a smaller house again with a square plan, although instead of the rigid geometry of the Baker House, the Dower House features a freeform stone
Baker_House_(Bacchus_Marsh)
2025 historical drama film
her experiences in the house and deceased loved ones. Robert and Cora stroll the estate grounds as they depart for the Dower House. A mid-credits scene
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton_Abbey:_The_Grand_Finale
Widow who holds a title or property
aristocratic manner. Some dowagers move to a separate residence known as a dower house. In the United Kingdom the widow of a peer or baronet may continue to
Dowager
Village and civil parish in England
building, moated Great Tangley Manor. Architecturally Grade II* listed, the Dower House is the largest building on a long residential lane off Cranleigh Road
Wonersh
Country house in Suffolk, England
also leased from the Trust, are located in the Dower House in the grounds. The West Wing at Ickworth House went uncompleted until 2006, when a joint partnership
Ickworth_House
Village and civil parish in Somerset, England
Speke family at the end of the 15th century; they sold it in 1920. The Dower House dates from 1664 and was leased to female members of the Speke family
Dowlish_Wake
Village in Oxfordshire, England
remodelled the north transept and added the bellcote. Sarsgrove House, or the Dower House, is 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Sarsden. G.S. Repton remodelled
Sarsden
House in Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
HOUSE, Whitchurch-on-Thames (1180567)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 January 2019. Historic England. "HARDWICK HOUSE DOWER HOUSE APPROXIMATELY
Hardwick_House,_Oxfordshire
set up for charitable purposes. She lived in the dower house with her own cook, lady's maid, house maid and butler, away from Robert's household living
List of Downton Abbey characters
List_of_Downton_Abbey_characters
Grade I listed building in Highclere Park in England
used as a Summer house, and during the 20th century a series of renovations and additions allowed it to take on the role of a Dower house. The building was
Milford_Lake_House
Country house in West Yorkshire, England
1947 the estate's dower house, which lies outside the estate boundaries, has been leased out for use as an independent school. The house is the family seat
Harewood_House
Title in the peerage of Ireland
1920 San Remo conference. The former Bishop's House at Eltofts, Thorner, near Leeds, was the Dower House of the Earls of Mexborough. John Savile, 1st Earl
Earl_of_Mexborough
Manor house in Speldhurst, Kent, UK
its formal gardens and vineyards. The manor house has an associated dower house. There have been manor houses on the site of the present Groombridge for
Groombridge_Place
Scottish literary patron and society hostess
practical for a dowager to move out of the family seat and dwell within a dower house. Susanna as dowager countess seems to have first moved to Kilmaurs Place
Susanna Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton
Susanna_Montgomerie,_Countess_of_Eglinton
Georgian house in County Mayo, Ireland
in the 17th century, originally as a dower house, on the ruins of the family's Cloonlagheen Castle. Partry House was built by Arthur Lynch in 1667, on
Partry_House
Public park in Manchester, England
sessions. The Dower House was a plain brick building that was transformed with a decorative columned façade in 1803. The ha-ha in front of the house stopped
Heaton_Park
Historic country house in Northamptonshire, England
taken out of the ponds." In the late 20th century, Boughton became the dower house of Mary ("Mollie"), Duchess of Buccleuch, widow of the 8th Duke, who
Boughton_House
House in Sarsden, Oxfordshire, England
The Dower House, Sarsgrove Wood is a Grade II* listed house in Sarsgrove Wood, Churchill, Oxfordshire, England (near Chipping Norton). The house has been
The Dower House, Sarsgrove Wood
The_Dower_House,_Sarsgrove_Wood
English country house in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
this can still be seen today. The building of Little Cassiobury (the dower house) also dates from this period and still exists in Hempstead Road, Watford
Cassiobury_House
Hospital in England
based at the hospital in the 1970s, with about 60 training places. The Dower House, a prominent Grade II* listed landmark in Bristol, was the most visible
Stoke_Park_Hospital
English restaurant critic, television cook and writer (1909–1994)
living at The Dower House, Grove Mill Lane, near Watford in Hertfordshire, presenting cookery shows from the kitchen. They sold the house in 1974. Johnnie
Fanny_Cradock
City in West Yorkshire, England
stone, and "retains many original features". It was intended to house widows. The Dower House is a Grade II*listed property; it was modified in the early
Wakefield
British aristocrat and big-game hunter (1887–1931)
Haverholme with his cousins and uncle, but his family resided in the nearby Dower House. When his father inherited the peerages from his older brother in 1898
Denys_Finch_Hatton
Gothic castellated mansion in Kilwinning, Scotland
in Kilwinning, Kilmaurs House, Auchans Castle and Redburn House were some of the dower houses used. Eglinton has a 'Racket Hall' which was built shortly
Eglinton_Castle
Building in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden
conceived by Count Per Brahe the Younger in the 1630s, who intended it as a dower house for his wife, Countess Kristina Katarina Stenbock. Construction began
Brahehus
Early Jacobean country house in Kensington, London
and situated on the estate was Little Holland House, the dower house, with two or three more minor houses and a tavern. Between 1762 and 1768 Lord Holland
Holland_House
Georgian Dower house located in Kilkenny
Butler House is an 18th-century Georgian Dower house located in Kilkenny, Ireland. It is currently being used as a 4-star hotel and conference centre
Butler_House,_Kilkenny
1864 novel by Anthony Trollope
his favourite book. The Small House at Allington concerns the Dale family, who live in the "Small House", a dower house intended for the widowed mother
The_Small_House_at_Allington
British peer (1926–2014)
Manor House, and its surrounding 57 acres, near Charlbury in West Oxfordshire, neighbouring the Blenheim estate. Lee Place had formerly been the dower house
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
John_Spencer-Churchill,_11th_Duke_of_Marlborough
British writer
the suffragette Constance Bulwer-Lytton. Edwin Lutyens had designed a dower house for his mother-in-law called Homewood. As a result of her mother's interest
Mary_Lutyens
Historic manor in Devon, England
showing three figures, survive in the present chapel anteroom. The former Dower House for Nutwell Court, Belvedere, is a Grade II listed castellated building
Nutwell
Building in Leyland, Lancashire, England
historical society has traced occupants back to 1718. It has served as a dower house, chemists, post office, printing press and doctor's surgery before becoming
Occleshaw_House
British television series (2010–2015)
Hampshire (Downton Abbey, interior and exterior) Byfleet Manor, Surrey (the Dower House) Bampton, Oxfordshire (Downton village) St Mary's Church, Bampton (St
Downton_Abbey
Irish/US author
2008). She has published several lesser-known books since, including The Dower House (1997), This Cold Country (2002) and The Fox’s Walk (2005). She has edited
Annabel_Davis-Goff
Castle in Saxony, Germany
residenz, dower house and hunting lodge for the Wettin family. The castle or palace was the residence for members of the Saxon princely house eight times
Rochlitz_Castle
House in Pakenham, Suffolk, England
Newe House is a Grade II* listed Jacobean dower house in the village of Pakenham, Suffolk. Newe House was built in 1622 by Sir Robert Bright and today
Newe_House
Country house in Berkshire, England
Marshall. Welford was then used as a dower house for his mother, who is buried in the adjoining church. The existing house dates from about 1652 and was built
Welford_Park
Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded in 2020. The family seat is The Dower House, near Sunderlandwick, East Riding of Yorkshire. Hugh Hare, 1st Baron
Baron_Coleraine
England, "Vale House, Melbourne (1280985)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 September 2022 Historic England, "The Dower House, Melbourne
Listed buildings in Melbourne, Derbyshire
Listed_buildings_in_Melbourne,_Derbyshire
Duchess of Milan (1534–1535) and Lorraine (1544–1545)
him to leave her son, and escorted her out. Christina retired to her dower house in Denœuvre. In May 1552, her brother-in-law Vaudemont informed her of
Christina_of_Denmark
Architectural conservationist and socialite
in 1981. Having lived in Dublin for a time, she rented Tullynisk House, the dower house of Birr Castle in County Offaly in 1983. Guinness became isolated
Mariga_Guinness
Medieval castle in Wiltshire, England
favour as a royal residence. From 1273 to 1369 it was used only as a dower house, the castle, with the royal borough attached to it, was assigned in 1273
Marlborough_Castle
Castle in Scotland
Albany's son was executed, and was used as a royal hunting lodge and dower house. In the later 16th century, Doune became the property of the Earls of
Doune_Castle
Stately home in Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, England
within the Lascelles family for 200 years, being used as Dower House, the heirs-in-waiting house, a hunting lodge, or even rented out when not needed for
Goldsborough_Hall
Town in Angus, Scotland
repair by the late 1750s when the incoming minister was offered The Dower House for his manse instead. The ruins were restored in 2012. Built in Scots
Liff,_Angus
Pub in Parsons Green, London
1805–06, but the architect is not known. Aragon House gets its name from having been the site of a dower house belonging to Queen Catherine of Aragon, the
Aragon_House
inheritance, he rebuilt the manor house at Stoke Gifford in the late-Tudor style, which was subsequently known as The Dower House, Stoke Park. This construction
Richard_Berkeley_(died_1604)
Former dower house of Holland House, Kensington, Middlesex, England
Little Holland House was the dower house of Holland House in the parish of Kensington, Middlesex, England. It was situated at the end of Nightingale Lane
Little_Holland_House
House in Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire
the house become the dower house for Llantilio Court. A Grade II* listed building, it remains a private residence. The service block to the house, dating
Brynderi House, Llantilio Crossenny
Brynderi_House,_Llantilio_Crossenny
Former farm in Oxfordshire, England
Grey, with whose heirs the house remained until 1485. More than once in its history the family used the house as a dower house for the widows of successive
Cogges_Manor_Farm
Area of Edinburgh, Scotland
"Bruntsfield Manor", or as it is known today, Bruntsfield House, had been the dower house of each successive bride of the Lauders of Haltoun for 226
Bruntsfield
Queen of England from 1299 to 1307
coronation, Margaret retired to Marlborough Castle (which was by this time a dower house), but she stayed in touch with the new queen and with her half-brother
Margaret of France, Queen of England
Margaret_of_France,_Queen_of_England
1970 American black comedy film
the property of widowed countess Herthe von Ornstein, who lives in the dower house, financially unable to maintain the castle itself. As Konrad schemes
Something_for_Everyone
Country house in County Limerick, Ireland
House is a country house in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland. Kilgobbin was the original seat of the Quin family, and mostly served as the dower house
Kilgobbin_House
Former stately home of the duke of Argyll in Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Duchess of Argyll and the house was then treated more as a palace. On her husband's death in 1914 Rosneath became her Dower House. During the First World
Rosneath_House
19th Century Irish country house
of Courtown. An example of a rural regency style house, it was a dower house on the Courtown House Estate. It is now a hotel. Owning two residences was
Marlfield_House
Ruined building in Seamer, North Yorkshire, England
and after the Conquest it was given to the Percy family. They built a dower house by 1304. In 1536, they gave it to the Crown, after which it became known
Seamer_Manor_House
Historic site
as "Dower House" because a small dower house exists on the property. A "dower" is a widow's share for life of her husband's estate, so a dower house is
Bethesda (Ellicott City, Maryland)
Bethesda_(Ellicott_City,_Maryland)
Brand of whisky
Gordon family's historic home, Hazelwood House, the dower house of Kininvie Castle. "Glenfiddich owners launch House of Hazelwood collection of rare Scotch
House_of_Hazelwood
Human settlement in Wales
National Trust. In 1856 a dower house, "Plas Glyn-y-Weddw", was built in lower Llanbedrog for Lady Love Jones Parry. The house is now an important centre
Llanbedrog
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Stephen Wright were added to the house for Bryant Barrett. The house is a Grade I listed building. There was also a dower house, where Admiral Benbow lived
Milton,_Vale_of_White_Horse
Hotel in Alice Town, Bahamas
Duncombe in 1935 following the destruction by fire of their first house, named The Dower House, on 18 November 1934. The hotel was damaged in a 1936 hurricane
Compleat_Angler_Hotel
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
an old woman to look after him", while the rest of the family moved to a house twenty miles (32 km) outside Paris. Balzac's first project was a libretto
Honoré_de_Balzac
Historic deer course and grandstand in Gloucestershire, England
the building. Between 1898 and 1902 the building was converted into a dower house for Emily, the wife of Edward Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne. The rear wing
Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate
Lodge_Park_and_Sherborne_Estate
Country house in Snaith, East Riding of Yorkshire
To that Shaw added a two-storey, red-brick dower house in 1870. Shaw died suddenly in 1871, leaving the house to his brother Benjamin, who lived at Cowick
Cowick_Hall
1959 novel by Georgette Heyer
poorly maintained, as are the family buildings. There is also an isolated Dower house in the grounds maintained by a single servant which is reputed to be
The_Unknown_Ajax
American novelist
Maryland, since about 1910 the mansion's owners had operated it as Dower House, an exclusive restaurant, but it suffered a severe fire in February 1931
Cissy_Patterson
English peer
apartment within the house. In 1954, the burden of running the house became too great and the family took up residence at the dower house, known as Mainsail
Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
Nicholas_Ashley-Cooper,_12th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury
nearby, and is also category B listed. The castle may have been used as a dower house or retreat. Timothy Pont, in about 1606, described Monkcastle as "a pretty
Monkcastle,_North_Ayrshire
Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England
became established. The Coughton estate included in 1968 a dower house named "Spiney House, Coughton", named after that family. The senior Throckmorton
Throckmorton_baronets
1934 novel by P. G. Wodehouse
that Bertie sleep in the Dower House, where Jeeves will bring him butter the next day; Brinkley is occupying the Dower House. Bertie sees Sir Roderick
Thank_You,_Jeeves
Castle Brentry House Burfleld House (demolished) Clifton Hill House The Dower House, Stoke Park Engineers House Goldney Hall Kings Weston House Long Fox Manor
List of country houses in the United Kingdom
List_of_country_houses_in_the_United_Kingdom
Building in Hertfordshire, England
Cheverells is a Grade II* listed dower house to the Beechwood Park estate in Hertfordshire, England. It dates from around 1693. Historic England. "Cheverells
Cheverells
Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
House, in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, near Plymouth, Devon, (which they occupied 1798–1938) with the dower house being at nearby Roborough House,
Baron_Roborough
British crime fiction writer (1877–1961)
Leicester Mail, 1926 The Annam Jewel, 1924 The Black Cabinet, 1925 The Dower House Mystery, 1925 The Amazing Chance, 1926. Serialised, Dundee Evening Telegraph
Patricia_Wentworth
List of episodes of the British TV drama series
Lucian reveals that Long Cross farm will become a new solar park, the dower house will be changed into an artist's retreat and their family chapel will
List of Midsomer Murders episodes
List_of_Midsomer_Murders_episodes
Elizabethan country house in Derbyshire, England
Bess's great houses, their principal seat. Hardwick thus was relegated to the role of an occasional retreat for hunting and sometime dower house. As a secondary
Hardwick_Hall
1936 novel by Georgette Heyer
architecture and would like to visit the Dower House, to which Basil invites them both. They leave the house without finding the hiding place of the ring
The_Talisman_Ring
14th-century Scottish castle
2 March 2025. Historic Environment Scotland. "Dean Road, Dean Castle Dower House (LB48713)". Retrieved 12 June 2020. Historic Environment Scotland. "Dean
Dean_Castle
House in Buckinghamshire, England
both adjacent Phyllis Court as well as Henley Park which served as the dower house. It had a very extensive estate including a deer park and a considerable
Fawley_Court
Dower house in East Ayrshire, Scotland
Dalmusternock (NS455417) was a dower house built and occupied by William Mure after his marriage and prior to inheriting the family seat of Rowallan Castle
Dalmusternock,_East_Ayrshire
Manor house near Yeovil, Somerset, England
Whatever its original use, it seems certain that it was remade as a dower house by Joan Stourton, who had married John Sydenham in 1434, not realising
Brympton_d'Evercy
English painter (1817–1904)
lease on Little Holland House, and stayed there with them and their salon for the next 21 years. (The building was the dower house on the Hollands' London
George_Frederic_Watts
Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
is the second daughter of the first Viscount. The family seat is The Dower House at Minterne Parva, near Dorchester, Dorset. Sir Edward Manningham-Buller
Viscount_Dilhorne
Castle in County Meath, Ireland
private housing with a small local authority development. The former Dower House is located just east of the hamlet. The demesne can be reached from the
Dunsany_Castle_and_Demesne
Historic site in Warminster, England
Nikolaus Pevsner describes the house as "stately but rather bleak" but praises the ironwork. It served as a dower house for Longleat from 1820 to 1920
Portway_House
Village in Hertfordshire, England
architect Edwin Lutyens built Homewood, south-east of Old Knebworth, as a dower house for Edith Bulwer-Lytton. Her daughter, the suffragette Constance Lytton
Knebworth
DOWER HOUSE
DOWER HOUSE
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : occupational name denoting a servant who carried the ewer to guests at table so that they could wash their hands, Anglo-Norman French and Middle English ewerer (related to ewere ‘jug’), with the French definite article l’.Cornish : variant of Flower 4.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Midlands)
English (chiefly Midlands) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Duffy.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Female
Hebrew
(דּï‹×¨) Hebrew unisex name DOWR means "generation" or "period of time." In the bible, this is the name of a coastal city in Manasseh, south of Carmel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a baker, doghere, from an agent derivative of Middle English dogh ‘dough’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dauer.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant spelling of Dow.
Boy/Male
British, English, Welsh
Water; A British Seaport on the English Channel
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the port of Dover in Kent, named from the river on which it stands, a Celtic name meaning ‘the waters’ (from the word which became modern Welsh dwfr ‘water’).North German : habitational name from Doveren in the Rhineland, of uncertain etymology; the origin is possibly Celtic and so related ultimately to 1, or a variant of Dove 4.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin)
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin) : habitational name for someone from Pois, a place in Picardy (said to have been named with Old French pois ‘fish’ because of its well-stocked river), from Old French Pohier ‘native of Pois’.English : nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English, Old French povre, poure ‘poor’ (Latin pauper). Woulfe gives this also as the meaning of the Norman Irish name, which in early records is found as le Poer, believing it to be a nickname for someone who has taken a vow of poverty.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : occupational name for a bow maker, Older Scots bowar, equivalent to English Bowyer.English and Scottish : from Middle English bur, bour ‘bower’, ‘cottage’, ‘inner room’ (Old English būr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a small cottage, an occupational name for a house servant who attended his master in his private quarters (see Bowerman), or a habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, named Bower or Bowers from this word.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (Latin turris).English : occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).English : Americanized spelling of German Tauer.
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Swedish
Strong Power; Hardy Power
Male
French
French form of English Bedivere, possibly BÉDOIER means "grave-knower," inferring "one who knows (Arthur's) grave."
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : regional name for someone from the district north of Paris known in Old French as Gohiere.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Gouy (from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum), with the addition of the Anglo-Norman French suffix -er.English : from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder.Welsh : from the peninsula in southern Wales, of which the Welsh name is Gŵyr.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gauer.
Boy/Male
Welsh Shakespearean
Pure.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk)
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk) : occupational name for someone who mowed pasture lands to provide hay, from an agent derivative of Middle English mow(en) ‘mow’ (Old English mÄwen).Welsh : nickname from mawr ‘big’ (see Moore 6).German (Möwer) : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German mÅven ‘to torment, trouble, or burden’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dower.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker of dowels and similar objects, from an agent derivative of Middle English dowle ‘dowel’, ‘headless peg’, ‘bolt’.
DOWER HOUSE
DOWER HOUSE
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Scandinavian
Fisherman; Fish
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic
Pure; Clean; Chaste
Boy/Male
Tamil
Dhrishnu | தà¯à®°à¯€à®·à®¨à¯à®‚
Son of Manu
Girl/Female
Greek American Latin Shakespearean
Shining light. The bright one. Helen of Troy, whose elopement with Paris sparked the Trojan War,...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Dickerson.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Wiltshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire, so named with Old English burh ‘fort’ + bæc ‘hill’, ‘ridge’ (dative bece).
Girl/Female
Indian
Ice, Cold like ice, Golden skinned
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boat
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Parsi
Famous Saint whose Dargah is at Ajmer
Girl/Female
Muslim
Diminutive of Husn, Beauty
DOWER HOUSE
DOWER HOUSE
DOWER HOUSE
DOWER HOUSE
DOWER HOUSE
n.
A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
a.
To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
n.
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
n.
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
n.
See Dower.
n.
Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
a.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
n.
Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
n.
One who uses the dowser or divining rod.
n.
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
n.
Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
n.
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
a.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
a.
To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
n.
The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
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Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.
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To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
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To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
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One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.