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DEFINITIONS OF:
widow
1
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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