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[ wid-oh-er ] / ˈwɪd oʊ ər /
nouna man who has lost his spouse by death and has not remarried. Origin of widower1325–75; late Middle English (see widow, -er1); replacing widow (now dial.), Old English wydewa OTHER WORDS FROM widowerwid·ow·ered, adjectivewid·ow·er·hood, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH widowerwidow, widower Words nearby widowerwidgie, widish, Widnes, widow, widow bird, widower, widowhood, widow's benefit, widow's cruse, widow's mite, widow's peak Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for widowerHe was a widower whose only son had already predeceased him. New Orleans’ Carnivalesque Day of the Dead|Jason Berry|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST The public fingered Monjack as a possible suspect after the widower opposed an autopsy—claims that he vehemently denied. ‘Clueless’: How the Greatest Clique of the ‘90s Transformed Into A Shakespearean Tragedy|Marlow Stern|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST In another village, a widower was picked up from a bus and forcibly sterilised; he died of an infection soon after. Hold Onto Your Penis|David Frum, Justin Green|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST She also sports a sparkly new ring given to her by her boyfriend, Art Ortenberg, the widower of Liz Claiborne. Fashion's Most Feared Critic|Jacob Bernstein|October 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes a man loved his wife so dearly that after her death he remained a widower a long time. Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370))|James Owen Dorsey How long will you give your cousin to marry, if he is single, or a widower, at the time of your death? He is a widower, and his wife was a sister of the Van Kensingtons. The Taming of Red Butte Western|Francis Lynde It was kept in order and managed by an elderly sister of Angus, named Martha, for Angus was a widower. The Red Man's Revenge|R.M. Ballantyne Mis' Maddox used to buy all her baked victuals of him, 'specially after she found out he was a widower beginnin' to take notice. The Village Watch-Tower|(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
British Dictionary definitions for widower
nouna man whose wife has died and who has not remarried Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |