widow

• Noun

  1. A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
  2. A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
  3. (informal) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
  4. An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
  5. A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
  6. A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.

• Verb