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Definition of widow in English: widownoun ˈwɪdəʊˈwɪdoʊ 1A woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not married again. Example sentencesExamples - Although Banalata is not formally defined as a widow because she never married, she is still subject to social conventions that make her a second-class citizen.
- Upon the death of a husband, a widow chooses a husband from among the dead man's brothers.
- Upon the death of the husband, the widow generally stays on the land, but only if she pays the sub-headman.
- John Carey spent his last weeks at the hospice receiving unparalleled care that gave him a dignity in death that his widow, Carol, has never forgotten.
- After his death, his widow Janaki had the good sense to collect these loose sheets and send them to Hardy.
- Five widows who also lost sons unveiled the memorial in a brief ceremony.
- Following his death, his widow Ruth, who was just 27, quit Wiltshire and returned home to America.
- On her husband's death, a widow usually foresees a life full of harassment and humiliation.
- I'm surprised you've not served on some committee with her by now - reformed polar explorers or widows of lost seaman.
- If at the time of her death, a widow leaves no eligible minor child, the payment of her share of the pension will cease.
- Should widows with sizable death benefits also be entitled to short-term relief?
- For the five years before her death his widow had donated an annual gift of £3,000 towards Burley - unknown to many in the village.
- They were widows, or not married, and they laid down their life for his cause.
- The right of action for wrongful death given by statute for the benefit of a widow for the death of her husband has been held not to be divested by her subsequent marriage.
- After Goldensohn's death, his widow sold some of his papers and bequeathed the rest to her children.
- The narrative does not slacken with the news of Daniel's death and the widow's hopeless grief.
- His widow Margitta said his death had left a ‘great vacuum’ and she paid tribute to his optimism and warmth.
- After his death, his widow would receive £30 per annum for the rest of her life.
- The tale regards the ruler as a father to the orphan, husband to the widow, brother to she who is divorced, a garment to the motherless, a just ruler who comes to the voice of those who call him.
- Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a busy and happy life.
- 1.1humorous with modifier A woman whose spouse is often away participating in a specified sport or activity.
my wife has been a golf widow for the last 30 years Example sentencesExamples - Golf widows are also catered for, with shopping excursions and spa days.
- Last Monday, I told my girlfriends at work that this whole football widow business was driving me crazy.
- It also has superb golf courses, so if you're a bit of a golf widow, leave him to tussle in the bunker while you slink off to the spa - it's connected to the hotel by a subterranean tunnel.
- The agony aunt's first quest is to help golf widow Joy to persuade husband Martin to spend more time with her and their three children.
- Sports widows will probably relate to Lindsey's plight, and long-suffering fans of many teams will see reflections of themselves in Ben.
- For golf widows, there will be a five-star Four Seasons hotel and spa that will act as an informal private club for residents.
- Golfers and golf widows the world over know St Andrews, know the first tee, the 18th or home green, and the backdrop of a classic Victorian building with its Greek Thomson façade.
- Also, I look at my mum and see that she's a bit of a golf widow.
- I sneakily bought some good tickets months ago and they are coming into play to thank her for being such a good rugby widow sport during this world cup.
- Golf widows will be relieved to hear that it doesn't come with free membership
- Of course, the occasional frustrated chess widow may throw a plate or two.
- If you can't get to that point, then I'd give you the same advice I gave this hockey widow, only in fishing language.
2Printing
A last word or short last line of a paragraph falling at the top of a page or column and considered undesirable. Example sentencesExamples - So I saved the space by killing all the widow lines; I could cut a word and save a line. The next day I couldn't bear to read my own words.
3A widowbird. Example sentencesExamples - In Africa, for instance, there are birds called widows and whydahs, many of which have tails longer than a foot.
verb ˈwɪdəʊˈwɪdoʊ be widowedBecome a widow or widower. Example sentencesExamples - Minus One is a social support group for separated, widowed or divorced people.
- The first time my mother was widowed, she was left with six male dependents.
- Women were also divided, with single and widowed women claiming a prior right to employment over married women.
- His reformist thinking was evident when he arranged for the remarriage of his young widowed daughter.
- Lennox had been widowed in 1986 when her husband Tom died at the age of 61 after a long illness.
- At the moment, the group is small and comprises people who are divorced, separated or widowed.
- His old lovers are a mix of married, single and widowed women who lead a mix of uptight, safe, and slightly loopy lives.
- Mrs Handley, of Highfield Avenue, Wortley, said the job became a lifeline after she was widowed five years ago.
- Add to that women who are divorced or widowed and there are now almost as many single women as there are married.
- Weir, who was known as Peggy to her neighbours, was widowed 10 years ago.
- Fewer women are being chased from their homestead and land when widowed.
- PC Collis said the typical victim was female, aged about 70, and often recently widowed.
- Now widowed in her early 50s, she faces the future with some anxiety, despite the growing success of her work.
- The male is considered the head of the household, except where it is headed by a divorced or widowed woman.
- She was surprisingly shy, considering the bold way she had recruited April as a foster mother when she became widowed.
- Those who were widowed were free to re-marry; this was an entirely different issue.
- He could have used the same tone of voice to convey his sympathies to a recently widowed aunt.
- They are widowed, or have never married, and are generally childless.
- Life Loan is available to married couples, partners and single or widowed people.
- She has herself been recently widowed and come to the conclusion that Horace and his fortune will make her the perfect mate.
Synonyms unmarried, single, unwed, unwedded
Origin Old English widewe, from an Indo-European root meaning 'be empty'; compare with Sanskrit vidh 'be destitute', Latin viduus 'bereft, widowed', and Greek ēitheos 'unmarried man'. Widow is descended from an ancient root meaning ‘to be empty’, which may also the source of divide. A grass widow is now a woman whose husband is away often or for a prolonged period, but originally it was an unmarried woman who had been the mistress of more than one man: the term may have come from the idea of a couple having lain on the grass instead of in bed. Widow's weeds dating from the early 18th century was expressed earlier as mourning weeds: here weeds is in the obsolete general sense ‘garments’ from Old English wǣd(e).
Definition of widow in US English: widownounˈwidōˈwɪdoʊ 1A woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried. Example sentencesExamples - The right of action for wrongful death given by statute for the benefit of a widow for the death of her husband has been held not to be divested by her subsequent marriage.
- His widow Margitta said his death had left a ‘great vacuum’ and she paid tribute to his optimism and warmth.
- They were widows, or not married, and they laid down their life for his cause.
- After his death, his widow Janaki had the good sense to collect these loose sheets and send them to Hardy.
- The narrative does not slacken with the news of Daniel's death and the widow's hopeless grief.
- If at the time of her death, a widow leaves no eligible minor child, the payment of her share of the pension will cease.
- Five widows who also lost sons unveiled the memorial in a brief ceremony.
- For the five years before her death his widow had donated an annual gift of £3,000 towards Burley - unknown to many in the village.
- After his death, his widow would receive £30 per annum for the rest of her life.
- After Goldensohn's death, his widow sold some of his papers and bequeathed the rest to her children.
- John Carey spent his last weeks at the hospice receiving unparalleled care that gave him a dignity in death that his widow, Carol, has never forgotten.
- Upon the death of a husband, a widow chooses a husband from among the dead man's brothers.
- Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a busy and happy life.
- I'm surprised you've not served on some committee with her by now - reformed polar explorers or widows of lost seaman.
- Following his death, his widow Ruth, who was just 27, quit Wiltshire and returned home to America.
- The tale regards the ruler as a father to the orphan, husband to the widow, brother to she who is divorced, a garment to the motherless, a just ruler who comes to the voice of those who call him.
- Should widows with sizable death benefits also be entitled to short-term relief?
- On her husband's death, a widow usually foresees a life full of harassment and humiliation.
- Upon the death of the husband, the widow generally stays on the land, but only if she pays the sub-headman.
- Although Banalata is not formally defined as a widow because she never married, she is still subject to social conventions that make her a second-class citizen.
- 1.1humorous with modifier A woman whose spouse is often away participating in a specified sport or activity.
Example sentencesExamples - For golf widows, there will be a five-star Four Seasons hotel and spa that will act as an informal private club for residents.
- Golf widows are also catered for, with shopping excursions and spa days.
- It also has superb golf courses, so if you're a bit of a golf widow, leave him to tussle in the bunker while you slink off to the spa - it's connected to the hotel by a subterranean tunnel.
- I sneakily bought some good tickets months ago and they are coming into play to thank her for being such a good rugby widow sport during this world cup.
- Last Monday, I told my girlfriends at work that this whole football widow business was driving me crazy.
- Also, I look at my mum and see that she's a bit of a golf widow.
- Of course, the occasional frustrated chess widow may throw a plate or two.
- Golf widows will be relieved to hear that it doesn't come with free membership
- Sports widows will probably relate to Lindsey's plight, and long-suffering fans of many teams will see reflections of themselves in Ben.
- Golfers and golf widows the world over know St Andrews, know the first tee, the 18th or home green, and the backdrop of a classic Victorian building with its Greek Thomson façade.
- The agony aunt's first quest is to help golf widow Joy to persuade husband Martin to spend more time with her and their three children.
- If you can't get to that point, then I'd give you the same advice I gave this hockey widow, only in fishing language.
2Printing
A last word or short last line of a paragraph falling at the top of a page or column and considered undesirable. Example sentencesExamples - So I saved the space by killing all the widow lines; I could cut a word and save a line. The next day I couldn't bear to read my own words.
verbˈwidōˈwɪdoʊ [with object]usually as adjective widowedMake into a widow or widower. she had to care for her widowed mother Example sentencesExamples - She was surprisingly shy, considering the bold way she had recruited April as a foster mother when she became widowed.
- His reformist thinking was evident when he arranged for the remarriage of his young widowed daughter.
- Women were also divided, with single and widowed women claiming a prior right to employment over married women.
- She has herself been recently widowed and come to the conclusion that Horace and his fortune will make her the perfect mate.
- Fewer women are being chased from their homestead and land when widowed.
- The first time my mother was widowed, she was left with six male dependents.
- They are widowed, or have never married, and are generally childless.
- Those who were widowed were free to re-marry; this was an entirely different issue.
- Weir, who was known as Peggy to her neighbours, was widowed 10 years ago.
- Now widowed in her early 50s, she faces the future with some anxiety, despite the growing success of her work.
- PC Collis said the typical victim was female, aged about 70, and often recently widowed.
- Mrs Handley, of Highfield Avenue, Wortley, said the job became a lifeline after she was widowed five years ago.
- Minus One is a social support group for separated, widowed or divorced people.
- At the moment, the group is small and comprises people who are divorced, separated or widowed.
- Life Loan is available to married couples, partners and single or widowed people.
- Add to that women who are divorced or widowed and there are now almost as many single women as there are married.
- Lennox had been widowed in 1986 when her husband Tom died at the age of 61 after a long illness.
- His old lovers are a mix of married, single and widowed women who lead a mix of uptight, safe, and slightly loopy lives.
- The male is considered the head of the household, except where it is headed by a divorced or widowed woman.
- He could have used the same tone of voice to convey his sympathies to a recently widowed aunt.
Synonyms unmarried, single, unwed, unwedded
Origin Old English widewe, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘be empty’; compare with Sanskrit vidh ‘be destitute’, Latin viduus ‘bereft, widowed’, and Greek ēitheos ‘unmarried man’. |