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widower

[ wid-oh-er ]

/ ˈwɪd oʊ ər /

noun

a man who has lost his spouse by death and has not remarried.

Origin of widower

1325–75; late Middle English (see widow, -er¹); replacing widow (now dial.), Old English wydewa

OTHER WORDS FROM widower

wid·ow·ered, adjective wid·ow·er·hood, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH widower

widow widower

Words nearby widower

widow's benefit, widow's cruse, widow's mite, widow's peak, widow's walk, widower, widowhood, width, widthwise, widukind, wie geht's

Example sentences from the Web for widower

He was a widower whose only son had already predeceased him.

New Orleans’ Carnivalesque Day of the Dead |Jason Berry |November 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The public fingered Monjack as a possible suspect after the widower opposed an autopsy—claims that he vehemently denied.

‘Clueless’: How the Greatest Clique of the ‘90s Transformed Into A Shakespearean Tragedy |Marlow Stern |May 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In another village, a widower was picked up from a bus and forcibly sterilised; he died of an infection soon after.

Hold Onto Your Penis |David Frum, Justin Green |November 29, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
She also sports a sparkly new ring given to her by her boyfriend, Art Ortenberg, the widower of Liz Claiborne.

Fashion's Most Feared Critic |Jacob Bernstein |October 11, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

Sometimes a man loved his wife so dearly that after her death he remained a widower a long time.

Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370)) |James Owen Dorsey
How long will you give your cousin to marry, if he is single, or a widower, at the time of your death?

No Name |Wilkie Collins
He is a widower, and his wife was a sister of the Van Kensingtons.

The Taming of Red Butte Western |Francis Lynde
It was kept in order and managed by an elderly sister of Angus, named Martha, for Angus was a widower.

The Red Man's Revenge |R.M. Ballantyne
Mis' Maddox used to buy all her baked victuals of him, 'specially after she found out he was a widower beginnin' to take notice.

The Village Watch-Tower |(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin

British Dictionary definitions for widower

widower

/ (ˈwɪdəʊə) /

noun

a man whose wife has died and who has not remarried