Definition of widow

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Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband..

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Viduation :: Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.
Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.
Dower :: Dower (n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband..
Palsgravine :: Palsgravine (n.) The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
Viduity :: Viduity (n.) Widowhood.
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.
Widow :: Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband..
Widow :: Widow (a.) Widowed.
Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement..
Vidual :: Vidual (a.) Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend..
Chuck-will''s-widow :: Chuck-Will's-widow (n.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note..
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower..
Marchioness :: Marchioness (n.) The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.
Widwe :: Widwe (n.) A widow.
Weed :: Weed (n.) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds..
Suttle :: Sutteeism (n.) The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
Matron :: Matron (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners..
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
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