Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
lacking a dowry;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dowerless \Dow"er*less\, a.
Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dowerless
adj 1: lacking a dowry