widower

The definition of a widower is man whose wife has died and who hasn’t remarried.

(noun)

An example of a widower was the 10th U.S. president, John Tyler.

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See widower in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a man who has outlived the woman to whom he was married at the time of her death; esp., such a man who has not remarried

Origin: ME widewer, extended < wedow, widower < OE widewa, masc. of widewe, widow

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See widower in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English widewer

Origin: , from widewe, widow; see widow

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