widow woman

noun

Older Use.

1. a widow.

widow woman

noun

1. archaic,  another term for widow

Word History and Origins

Origin of widow woman¹

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

When they arrived in the town called Agony, Luna ran ahead to the widow woman’s house, just at the border.

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