widowerwid‧ow‧er /ˈwɪdəʊə $ -doʊər/ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
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Word OriginWORD ORIGINwidower
ExamplesOrigin:
1300-1400 widow ‘widower’ (11-19 centuries), from Old English wuduwaEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Mr Wright, a widower with one son and two grandchildren, made his first parachute jump yesterday.
- Fat Vince is a widower too.
- Five years a widower, and no interest in anybody that we can see.
- For ten, eleven years he was a widower with every opportunity to marry and beget a son.
- Gedamke was a widower, and he may very well have been too bound up with his teaching and with his students.
- He befriends Rabbi Hirsch, a sad-eyed widower from Prague, becoming his Shabbos goy.
- Mr Charlwood was a widower with two teenage daughters and did not want to leave them for longer than necessary.
- The idea that most singles are inherently unmarriageable and the divorced unstable fails to explain the same pattern of afflictions among widowers.
- The king had been many years a widower.
THESAURUShusband/wife etc► husband/wife
a man whose wife has died and who has not married again the man/woman you are married to: · My wife’s a teacher.
► partner the person you live with and have a sexual relationship with. Partner is often used when people are not married, or when you do not know if they are married. It is also used when talking about same-sex couples: · He lives with his partner Ruth and their eight-month-old son.
► fiancé/fiancée the man/woman you are engaged to: · He and fiancée Wendy Hodgson will marry in July.
► divorcee a woman who is divorced: · The prince announced his intention to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.
► widow/widower a woman or man whose husband or wife has died: · Imelda Marcos, the widow of the former president
► spouse formal your spouse is your husband or wife: · The rule applies to spouses and children of military personnel.
► estranged wife/husband formal someone’s estranged husband or wife is one who they do not live with anymore: · She is trying to get her sons back from her estranged husband.
Longman Language Activatornot married any more► divorced someone who is divorced has officially ended their marriage: · He's living with a divorced woman and her two children.· Yes, she used to be married, but she's been divorced since last year.get divorced (=officially end your marriage): · They got divorced only three years after they got married.
► ex-husband/ex-wife the man or woman that you used to be married to before getting divorced: · His ex-wife never lets him see the children.
► be separated if a husband and wife are separated , they do not live with each other, because they are not happy together any more, but they are not divorced: · We're not divorced, but we've been separated for six months.
► widow a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again: · Mr Jarvis died yesterday, leaving a widow and four children.· Mourners at the funeral included Paul's widow, Sarah Jones.
► widower a man whose wife has died and who has not married again: · Mr Wright, a widower with one son and two grandchildren, made his first parachute jump yesterday.
► widowed if someone is widowed , their wife or husband has died and they have not married again: · Joyce had come to Tucson to live with a recently widowed aunt.
WORD SETS► Familybaby, nounbarrier method, nounbetrothal, nounboy, nounBr., branch, nouncontraception, nouncousin, noundescendant, noundescent, noundistant, adjectivedivorce, noundivorce, verbdivorced, adjectivedivorcée, noundomestic, adjectivedowry, noundynasty, nounex, nounextended family, nounfamilial, adjectivefamily man, nounfamily planning, nounfamily tree, nounfather, nounfather-in-law, nounfiancé, nounfiancée, nounfilial, adjectivefirst cousin, noungodchild, noungoddaughter, noungrandad, noungrandaddy, noungrandchild, noungranddad, noungranddaddy, noungranddaughter, noungrandfather, noungrandma, noungrandmother, noungrandpa, noungrandparent, noungrandson, noungranny, nounhalf-brother, nounhalf-sister, nounhereditary, adjectivehouse husband, nounin-laws, nounintermarry, verbmaiden aunt, nounmaid of honour, nounmam, nounmama, nounmamma, nounmammy, nounman, nounmarital, adjectivematrimony, nounmiscegenation, nounmixed marriage, nounmonogamy, nounnuclear family, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounone-parent family, nounparent, nounparentage, nounparental, adjectiveparenthood, nounparenting, nounpaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatriarch, nounpatriarchy, nounpedigree, nounpolygamy, nounpropinquity, nounproposal, nounrelative, nounscion, nounseparate, verbseparated, adjectiveseparation, nounsibling, nounsingle parent, nounsister, nounsister-in-law, nounstepbrother, nounstepchild, nounstepdaughter, nounstepfather, nounstepmother, nounstepsister, nounstepson, noununcle, noununion, noununmarried, adjectiveupbringing, nounwedding, nounwedlock, nounwhite wedding, nounwidow, nounwidower, nounwidowhood, noun
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