The meaning of WIDOW is a woman who has lost her spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried. How to use widow in a sentence.

A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and has usually not remarried. The male form, "widower", is first attested in the 14th century, by the 19th century supplanting "widow" with reference to men. [1] The adjective for either sex is widowed.

WIDOW definition: 1. a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not married again 2. a woman whose partner is…. Learn more.

WIDOW meaning: 1. a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not married again 2. a woman whose partner is…. Learn more.

A widow is a woman whose husband has died. If your uncle dies, your aunt will become a widow. If a person's spouse dies, that person is referred to as either a widow or — in the case of a …

A widow is a woman whose husband has died. She became a widow a year ago. If someone is widowed, their husband or wife dies. More and more young men are widowed by cancer.

1. a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not remarried. 2. (in cards) an additional hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table. 3. a. a short last line of a paragraph, esp. one less than half of the full measure or one consisting of only a single word.

WIDOW definition: a woman whose husband has died. Learn more.

Definition of widow noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not married again. She gets a widow’s pension. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.

WIDOW meaning: 1 : a woman whose husband has died; 2 : a woman whose husband often leaves her alone while he plays sports or is involved in other activities