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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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..
Third :: Third (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life..
Widowed :: Widowed (imp. & p. p.) of Wido.
Viduage :: Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively..
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.
Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir..
Discovert :: Discovert (a.) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of..
Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..
Viduation :: Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.
Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.
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-maker :: Widow-maker (n.) One who makes widows by destroying husbands.
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..
Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
Relict :: Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
Widowing :: Widowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wido.
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..
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