A woman whose spouse has died and who has not married again.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow (64) widowOE A woman whose spouse has died and who has not married again. lavec1325 In form loove, love. Relict, widow. Obsolete. rare. (In Old English the word had also the sense ‘relict, widow’.) widow woman1340 relictc1460 The widow of a man. Now chiefly historical except in formal (or mock-formal) use. widow lady1525 widowess1596 = widow, n. 1a. maid-widow1655 feme sole1714 An unmarried woman; (sometimes) spec. one who is divorced or widowed. Also in the English and other common law legal systems: a married woman… veuve1766 A widow, especially a French or French-speaking one. Often (usually with capital initial) preceding a name; sometimes preceded by the or la. ace of spades1811 a widow, esp. one wearing mourning weeds. sod widow1927 (see quot. 1946). Subcategories:— as title (1) — collectively (2) — condition of (6) — life as (1) — specific period (1) — types of widow (39) — widow's clothes (3) |
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