widow

The definition of a widow is a woman who is alive after her husband’s death.

(noun)

An example of a widow is Jackie Kennedy after president John F. Kennedy was shot.

See widow in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a woman who has outlived the man to whom she was married at the time of his death; esp., such a woman who has not remarried
☆ Card Games a number of cards dealt into a separate pile, typically for the use of the highest bidder
Printing an incomplete line, as that ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of a new page or column: generally avoided by rewriting copy to eliminate the line or fill it out
☆ Informal a woman whose husband is often away indulging in a specified hobby, sport, etc.: a golf widow

Origin: ME widwe < OE widewe, akin to Ger witwe, L vidua < IE *widhewo-, separated < base *weidh-, to separate: see divide

transitive verb

to cause to become a widow or widower: usually in the past participle: widowed by the war

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See widow in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
Informal A woman whose spouse is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.
An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. Also called kitty¹.
Printing
a. A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.
b. A short line at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.