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widow

/ˈwɪ.dəʊ/
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noun

  • A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.
  • A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
  • (in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
  • An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
  • A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
  • A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.

verb

  • To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
  • To strip of anything valued.
  • To endow with a widow's right.
  • To be widow to.

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