a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
Cards. an additional hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table.
Printing.
a short last line of a paragraph, especially one less than half of the full measure or one consisting of only a single word.
the last line of a paragraph when it is carried over to the top of the following page away from the rest of the paragraph.Compare orphan (def. 4).
a woman often left alone because her husband devotes his free time to a hobby or sport (used in combination).Compare golf widow.
verb (used with object),wid·owed,wid·ow·ing.
to make (someone) a widow: She was widowed by the war.
to deprive of anything cherished or needed: A surprise attack widowed the army of its supplies.
Obsolete.
to endow with a widow's right.
to survive as the widow of.
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Origin of widow
before 900; (noun) Middle English wid(e)we,Old English widuwe, wydewe; cognate with German Witwe,Gothic widuwo,Latin vidua (feminine of viduus bereaved), Sanskrit vidhavā widow; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
Since becoming a widow, Mahira has been living alone with her children in a small village in Mewat, Haryana.
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Ginsburg represented widower Stephen Wiesenfeld in challenging a Social Security Act provision that provided parental benefits only to widows with minor children.
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Mel Kahn, a Florida widower, asked for the property tax exemption that state law allowed only to widows.
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Thanks to a new, substantially funded initiative led by his widow, Denise Bradley-Tyson, and the American Heart Association, Bernard Tyson’s work and message have been given an afterlife.
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Benedict’s husband would die of a heart attack—which also allowed her, as a widow, to move toward a tenured professorship at Columbia, something denied to married women at the time.
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That was accomplished by cops such as the one whose picture was clutched so tightly by his widow on Sunday.
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Marjorie Wilkes Huntley was a New Age feminist, a widow, and a librarian.
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The truth is likely closer to what the widow told The Daily Beast in late July.
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The results would aid in the criminal investigation surrounding the widow, who stands accused of elder abuse.
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Last year, his widow and his brother pulled 150 of them for posthumous publication, with a plan to release eight to 10 per year.
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I have already explained to Lawrence and Basswood that it is a mistake, and that the widow will be paid all that is due her.
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Wasn't that the young man who married the Widow Finkelstein?'
The Grandchildren of the Ghetto|Israel Zangwill
When she became a widow she resumed her place with renewed power.
Gordon Keith|Thomas Nelson Page
The widow's hands were clasped and her eyes wandered vacantly from one to the other of her strange visitors.
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The great question now was whether they could approach the widow and her daughter otherwise than through Serjeant Bluestone.
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British Dictionary definitions for widow
widow
/ (ˈwɪdəʊ) /
noun
a woman who has survived her husband, esp one who has not remarried
(usually with a modifier)informala woman whose husband frequently leaves her alone while he indulges in a sport, etca golf widow
printinga short line at the end of a paragraph, esp one that occurs as the top line of a page or columnCompare orphan (def. 3)
(in some card games) an additional hand or set of cards exposed on the table
verb(tr; usually passive)
to cause to become a widow or a widower
to deprive of something valued or desirable
Derived forms of widow
widowhood, noun
Word Origin for widow
Old English widuwe; related to German Witwe, Latin vidua (feminine of viduus deprived), Sanskrit vidhavā