2syllables
widow
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Definitions ofwidow
1noun
- A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.
- A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
- (in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
- An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
- A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
- A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.
1verb
- To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
- To strip of anything valued.
- To endow with a widow's right.
- To be widow to.
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