| Noun | 1. | widow - a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried Synonyms: widow woman |
| Verb | 1. | widow - cause to be without a spouse; "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia" |
WIDOW. An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
2. In legal writings, widow is an addition given to a woman who is
unmarried and whose husband is dead. The addition of spinster is given to a
woman who never was married. Lovel. on Wills, 269. See Addition. As to the
rights of a widow, seq Dower.
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