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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grass′ wid′ow, - a woman who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from her husband.
- a woman whose husband is away from home frequently or for a long time, as on business or to pursue a sport or hobby.
- [Archaic.]
- a discarded mistress.
- a woman who has borne an illegitimate child.
- 1520–30; the first element perh. origin, originally alluding to a bed of grass, hay, or the like; compare Dutch grasweduwe, German Strohwittwe literally, straw-widow
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