widow

Witwe

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.

  Tom hat eine reiche Witwe geheiratet.

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• My sister is a widow.

  Meine Schwester ist Witwe.

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Witwe

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

Witwe

; A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc — A person whose spouse is absentselten

Witwe

An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidderselten

Witwe

A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or columnselten

Witwe

Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species)selten