archaic or dialect another term for widow (sense 1)
widow in British English
(ˈwɪdəʊ)
noun
1.
a woman who has survived her spouse, esp one who has not remarried
2. (usually with a modifier) informal
a woman whose spouse is often away from home indulging in a sport, etc
a golf widow
3. printing
a short line at the end of a paragraph, esp one that occurs as the top line of a page or column
Compare orphan (sense 3)
4.
(in some card games) an additional hand or set of cards exposed on the table
verb(tr; usually passive)
5.
to cause to become a widow or a widower
6.
to deprive of something valued or desirable
Derived forms
widowhood (ˈwidowhood)
noun
Word origin
Old English widuwe; related to German Witwe, Latin vidua (feminine of viduus deprived), Sanskrit vidhavā
widow woman in American English
noun
old-fashioned
a widow
Also called: widow lady
Word origin
[1605–15]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classic, displacement, independent, series, turnover
Examples of 'widow woman' in a sentence
widow woman
He wouldn't feel at ease till he had put as much distance between himself and the widow woman 's house as possible.