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Widowman

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widowernounA man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from 14th c.]

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widowernounA man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from 14th c.]
widowessnounwidow
widownounA person who has lost a spouse and not remarried:
widdernounA surname from German.
widowerynoun(rare) widowerhood
war widownounThe wife of a person in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action).
widowershipnounThe state of being a widower.
widowerhoodnounThe state or period of being a widower.
warwidownounAlternative form of war widow. [The wife of a person in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action).]
relictnoun(formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
widowitynounSynonym of widowhood.
widderernounPronunciation spelling of widower. [A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from 14th c.]]
widdynoun(Scotland, obsolete) A rope or halter made of flexible twigs or withes or such
widow-hunternounSomebody who seeks to marry a widow for her money.
widow's mannoun(historical) A fictitious person in the navy, whose pay and allowances went into a fund for widows' pensions.
wedlocknounThe state of being married.
grass widownounA married woman whose spouse is away.
wenchnoun(specifically) A girl or young woman of a lower class.
wifelkinnoun(archaic, diminutive, endearing) A wife.
matronnounA woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of an establishment or institution, especially, the nursing officer or chief nurse of a hospital.

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