Definition of widow

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Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

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Widual :: Widual (a.) Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual.
Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..
Widowing :: Widowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wido.
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.
Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.
Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.
Suttle :: Sutteeism (n.) The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
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.
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..
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..
Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
Lone :: Lone (a.) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood..
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.
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 :: Widow (v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of..
Widow-wail :: Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe..
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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