widowerhood

Variant of widower

widower definition

wid·ower (wid′ō ər)

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

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

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