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Widower

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A man whose wife has died and who has not remarried.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A man whose wife has died (and who has not re-married); masculine of widow.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A man who has lost his wife by death.

n. See the quotation.

n. One who or that which widows or bereaves.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried

Word Usage

"The widow or widower is released from the marriage contract by death ( 'til death do us part), but may continue to have an emotional connection to the deceased."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

adult male man

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

spinster bachelor mourner widow curmudgeon