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widow

DEFINITIONS OF: widow

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n a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

Synonyms:
widow woman
Types:
dowager
a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
war widow
a woman whose husband has died in war
Type of:
adult female, woman
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

v cause to be without a spouse

“The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia”
Type of:
leave, leave behind
be survived by after one's death
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