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Meaning of widow in English
Pronunciation
/ˈwɪdoʊ/
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Verb
widow
Definitions
1.
cause to be without a spouse
Examples
« The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia »
Noun
widow
Etymology
Old English widewe, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘be empty’; compare with Sanskrit vidh‘be destitute’, Latin viduus‘bereft, widowed’, and Greek ēitheos‘unmarried man’
Definitions
1.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried