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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