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▸ noun: A person who has lost a spouse and not remarried:
▸ noun: A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
▸ noun: (uncommon) Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
▸ noun: (by extension, informal, often humorous or sarcastic, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.
▸ noun: (card games) An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
▸ noun: (typography) A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
▸ noun: Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).
▸ verb: (transitive) To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To strip of anything valued.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To endow with a widow's right.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To be widow to.
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