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Widower :: Widower (n.) A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again..

Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..

Viduation :: Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.

Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.

Vidual :: Vidual (a.) Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.

Viduity :: Viduity (n.) Widowhood.

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..

Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..

Widwe :: Widwe (n.) A widow.

Widowly :: Widowly (a.) Becoming or like a widow.

Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..

Widow :: Widow (a.) Widowed.

Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir..

Matron :: Matron (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners..

Tudor :: Tudor (a.) Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth..

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of..

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..

Viduage :: Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively..

Whidah Bird :: Whidah bird () Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch..

Lone :: Lone (a.) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood..

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