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widowed

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wid·ow  (wd)
n.
1. A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried.
2. Informal A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.
3. An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. Also called kitty1.
4. Printing
a. A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.
b. A short line at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.
tr.v. wid·owed, wid·ow·ing, wid·ows
To make a widow or widower of.

[Middle English widewe, from Old English widuwe.]

widowed
Adjective
denoting a person, usually a woman, whose spouse has died and who has not remarried
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.widowed - single because of death of the spouse
unmarried, single - not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
Translations

widowed [ˈwɪdəud] adjviudo
widowed [ˈwɪdəud] adj(qui est devenu(e)) veuf(veuve)
widowed [ˈwɪdəud] widow adjverwitwet
widowed [ˈwɪdəud] adj(che è rimasto/a) vedovo/a


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So he reigned in the room of Laius, and espoused the widowed queen.
The poor creature I had widowed followed me to the verge of the woods, as I started home with my prey, and I do not care to know more personally the feelings of a murderer than I did then.
Nancy had never "worked out" before; but a sick mother suddenly widowed and left with three younger children besides Nancy herself, had forced the girl into doing something toward their support, and she had been so pleased when she found a place in the kitchen of the great house on the hill--Nancy had come from "The Corners," six miles away, and she knew Miss Polly Harrington only as the mistress of the old Harrington homestead, and one of the wealthiest residents of the town.
 
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