Widow

Etymology
From widewe:, from.

Noun

 * 1) A woman whose husband has died (and has not re-married); feminine of widower.
 * 2)  A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
 * 3) * 1988, Emily Parry, "For a Bowling Widow, a Split Isn't Just Two Lonely Pins," New York Times, 27 Nov.,
 * I had been feeling like a bowling-alley widow, but knew he loved the game, so I suggested we join a mixed league.
 * 1)  A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
 * 2) type of venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus

Related terms

 * widower
 * widowhood

Derived terms

 * black widow


 * golf widow
 * grass widow

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: (ármala)
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: vidu ,
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 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: ahosi
 * Faroese: einkja
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 * Hindi: विद्वा (vidva)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ekkja
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 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 홀어미 (horEomi), 과부 (寡婦, gwabu)
 * Latin:
 * Livonian: leštnai, atrāita nai
 * Macedonian: вдовица
 * Marathi: विद्वा (vidva)
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 * Nynorsk: enkje
 * Old Norse: ænkia (Eastern dialect), ekkia (Western dialect)
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 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: leskirivi


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Verb

 * 1)  To make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.

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