widow woman

American  

noun

Older Use.

1. a widow.

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widow woman British  

noun

1. archaic another term for widow

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Etymology

Origin of widow woman

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

It turned out his aunt was a widow woman with ten children, living in a nasty, rundown old cabin on a turkey farm where you couldn’t get to the privy without stepping in turkey mess.

From Literature

By the time Xan hobbled into the widow woman’s garden, half the town was already there, setting up tables and tents, with legions upon legions of busybodies preparing themselves to fuss over the old woman.

From Literature

“You got that widow woman interested,” he laughed.

From Literature

“This is the room of a widow woman,” Ms. Aziza said, gesturing to the dark two-room hovel where she lives on an abandoned construction site.

From New York Times

That widow woman could have started a school in there, the way I understood it.

From Literature