n.
- a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again.
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humorous a woman whose husband is often away participating in a specified sport or activity:
a golf widow.
- Printing a last word or short last line of a paragraph falling at the top of a page or column.
v.
(
be widowed)
become a widow or widower.
Etymology
OE widewe, from an Indo-Eur. root meaning ‘be empty’.