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wid·ow·er
(wĭd′ō-ər)n.
A man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
[Middle English widewer, from widewe, widow; see widow.]
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widower
(ˈwɪdəʊə)n
(Law) a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried
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wid•ow•er
(ˈwɪd oʊ ər)n.
a man who has lost his wife by death and has not remarried.
wid′ow•ered, adj.
wid′ow•er•hood`, n.
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widow
– widower1. 'widow'
You say that a woman is a widow when her husband has died and she has not married again.
I had been a widow for five years.
When a man has died, you can refer to his wife as his widow.
His property had been left to his widow.
He visited the widow of an old school friend.
2. 'widower'
You say that a man is a widower when his wife has died and he has not married again.
He's a widower in his late forties.
When a woman has died, you can refer to her husband as her widower.
Ten years later her widower remarried.
The ceremony was attended by the widower of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carol Shields.
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Noun 1. widower - a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
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Translations
أَرْمَل أرْمَل
vdovec
enkemand
vidvo
leskimies
udovac
özvegyember
ekkill, ekkjumaîur
男やもめ
홀아비
vdovec
vdovec
änkling
พ่อหม้าย
dul dul erkek
người góa vợ
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
widower
n → Witwer m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
widow
(ˈwidəu) noun a woman whose husband is dead. My brother's widow has married again. weduwee أرْمَلَه вдовица viúva vdova die Witwe enke χήρα viuda lesk(naine) بیوه leski veuve אלמנה विधवा udovica özvegy(asszony) janda ekkja vedova 未亡人 과부 našlė atraitne balu weduwe enke wdowa كونډه viúva văduvă вдова vdova vdova udovica änka แม่ม่าย dul kadın 寡婦 вдова بیوہ bà góa 寡妇
verb to cause to become a widow or widower. She/He was widowed in 1943. weduwee geword تَتَرَمَّل овдовявам enviuvar ovdovět verwitwet blive enke χηρεύω enviudar leseks jääma بیوه شدن jäädä leskeksi devenir veuf, veuve לְהִתאַלמֵן विधवा होना postati udovicom, obudovjeti megözvegyül menjanda gera að ekkju/ekkli, missa manninn/konuna, verða ekkja/ekkill (diventare vedovo/vedova) 配偶者に死なれる 과부(홀아비)가 되게 하다 padaryti našle/našliu kļūt/padarīt par atraitni telah menjadi balu tot weduwe, weduwnaar worden bli enke, miste mannen sin spowodować czyjeś owdowienie كونډه enviuvar a deveni văduv(ă) овдоветь ovdovieť ovdoveti ostati udovica göra till änka (änkling) เป็นม่าย dul kalmak 喪偶 робити когось вдовою чи вдівцем بیوہ ہونا trở nên góa bụa 丧偶
ˈwidower noun a man whose wife is dead. wewenaar أرْمَل вдовец viúvo vdovec der Witwer enkemand χήρος viudo lesk(mees) مرد زن مرده leski veuf אלמן पुरूष जिसकी पत्नी मर चुकी हो udovac özvegyember duda ekkill, ekkjumaður vedovo 男やもめ 홀아비 našlys atraitnis duda weduwnaar enkemann wdowiec كونډه viúvo văduv вдовец vdovec vdovec udovac änkling พ่อม่าย dul erkek 鰥夫 вдівець وہ آدمی جس کی بیوی مر گءی ہو người góa vợ 鳏夫
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widower
→ أَرْمَل vdovec enkemand Witwer χήρος viudo leskimies veuf udovac vedovo 男やもめ 홀아비 weduwnaar enkemann wdowiec viúvo вдовец änkling พ่อหม้าย dul người góa vợ 鳏夫Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
widower
n. viudo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
widower
n viudoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.