widow
/ˈwɪd.əʊ/
A woman whose spouse has died; a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower; Any person whose spouse has died
- plural
- widows
Meanings
- 1
A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower — A person whose spouse is absent; ; A person who has lost a spouse and hasn't remarried
Tom married a rich widow.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
My sister is a widow.
Tatoeba · Nylez · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried) — A person whose spouse is absent; ; A person who has lost a spouse and hasn't remarried
- 3
; A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc — A person whose spouse is absentrare
- 4
An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidderrare
- 5
A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or columnrare
- 6
Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species)rare