Usually means: Pursues wealthy widows for marriage.
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  1. widow-hunter: Wordnik
  2. widow-hunter: Wiktionary
  3. Widow-hunter: Dictionary.com
  4. Widow-hunter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. widow-hunter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Widow-hunter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. widow-hunter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. widow-hunter: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Widow-hunter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Somebody who seeks to marry a widow for her money.

Similar:
widowman, widow, widowess, widow inheritance, widow's man, war widow, grass widow, widowery, widowership, Widder, more...

Opposite:
widow, widower, bereaved spouse

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Similar:
widowman, widow, widowess, widow inheritance, widow's man, war widow, grass widow, widowery, widowership, Widder, more...

Opposite:
widow, widower, bereaved spouse



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