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Noun: widow  widow
  1. A woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
    - widow woman, relict [archaic]
Verb: widow  widow
  1. Cause to be without a spouse
    "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia"

Derived forms: widowed, widowing, widows

See also: widowhood

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

Encyclopedia: Widow Widow, Weep for Me

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