WIDOWER

widower, widowman

(noun) a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

widower (plural widowers)

A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); masculine of widow.

Source: Wiktionary


Wid"ow*er, n.

Definition: A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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