Meaning of widow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person whose spouse is absent:
2. A person who has lost a spouse and not remarried:
3. A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
4. A person whose spouse is absent: A person who has lost a spouse and not remarried: A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower. Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried). A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc
5. Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
   uncommon
6. A person who has lost a spouse and not remarried: A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower. Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried)
7. A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.
   broadly, humorous, in-compounds, informal, often, sarcastic
8. A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower
9. An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
10. Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried)
11. A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
12. A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc
13. Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).

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Examples

“Now that he is a widow, he tries to win Olivia back through the songs and the music that brought them together all those years ago, leaving Olivia torn between moving forward with Josh or falling into the arms of the man she truly loves.”

“My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring.”

“I had been feeling like a bowling-alley widow, but knew he loved the game, so I suggested we join a mixed league.”

“And how many betting widows do I see at the hospital, who hardly see their husbands while the betting shops are open!”

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