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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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..
Widowed :: Widowed (imp. & p. p.) of Wido.
Vidual :: Vidual (a.) Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.
Widowly :: Widowly (a.) Becoming or like a widow.
Widow Bird :: Widow bird () See Whidan bird.
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..
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..
Widower :: Widower (n.) A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again..
Lone :: Lone (a.) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood..
Matron :: Matron (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners..
Palsgravine :: Palsgravine (n.) The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
Suttle :: Sutteeism (n.) The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
Viduity :: Viduity (n.) Widowhood.
Widow-wail :: Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe..
Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.
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..
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 (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir..
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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