Dictionary
widow
Meaning
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- A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
- A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
- (informal) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
- An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
- A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
- A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.
Hyphenated as
wid‧ow
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɪd.əʊ/
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