widower

[wid-oh-er]

noun

1. a man who has lost his spouse by death and has not remarried.

widower

/ ˈwɪdəʊə /

noun

1. a man whose wife has died and who has not remarried

Other Word Forms

• widowered adjective
• widowerhood noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of widower¹

1325–75; late Middle English ( widow, -er ¹ ); replacing widow (now dial.), Old English wydewa

Example Sentences

Upon its publication in 1857, two years after the death of the author of “Jane Eyre,” Gaskell received angry letters, threats of libel lawsuits and outraged responses from Brontë’s father and her widower.

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When your stepgrandmother’s widower files probate, assuming he files probate, feel free to contact the probate court with your questions about her IRA.

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Her immediate family, including her widower the Duke of Kent and their three children, were there and attended a service marking the reception of the duchess' coffin into the cathedral.

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For weeks, the Belgian - a widower of four years - had been communicating on WhatsApp with who he thought was Ms Vouzelaud, former Miss Limousin and first runner-up to Miss France in 2007.

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It showed Pratt with a beard, which contradicted the widower’s initial description of the shooter as “a clean-shaven black man.”

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