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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Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir..
Palsgravine :: Palsgravine (n.) The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
Viduage :: Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively..
Matron :: Matron (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners..
Widow-maker :: Widow-maker (n.) One who makes widows by destroying husbands.
Electress :: Electress (n.) The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.
Widow Bird :: Widow bird () See Whidan bird.
Widowed :: Widowed (imp. & p. p.) of Wido.
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
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..
Widual :: Widual (a.) Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual.
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..
Suttle :: Sutteeism (n.) The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
Widow-wail :: Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe..
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..
Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..
Widwe :: Widwe (n.) A widow.
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank..
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