Widow Definition
wĭdō
widowed, widows
noun
widows
A woman who has outlived her spouse; esp., such a woman who has not remarried.
Webster's New World
An extra group of cards dealt when the hands are dealt, typically for use by the winning bidder.
Webster's New World
A woman whose spouse is often away indulging in a specified hobby, sport, etc.
A golf widow.
Webster's New World
An incomplete line, as that ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of a new page or column.
Webster's New World
A short line of type at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- widow woman
- relict
- dowager
- grass-widow
- sod widow
- dead man's wife
- husbandless wife
- surviving wife
- mantrap
verb
widowed
To cause to become a widow or widower.
Widowed by the war.
Webster's New World
Origin of Widow
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From Old English widewe or wuduwe or widuwe (“widow"), from Proto-Germanic *widuwÇ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwhâ‚‚. Cognate with Dutch weduwe, German Witwe, and also Latin vidua, French veuve, Bulgarian вдовица (vdovica).
From Wiktionary
Middle English widewe from Old English widuwe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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