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Noun: widow  wi-dow
  1. A woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
    - widow woman, relict [archaic]
     
  2. A woman whose husband is often away
    - grass widow
     
  3. (printing) a single last word or line carried over to the next page or column
Verb: widow  wi-dow
  1. Cause to be without a spouse
    "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia"

Derived forms: widowed, widows, widowing

Type of: adult female, leave, leave behind, woman

Encyclopedia: Widow, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

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