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widows

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wid·ow  (wd)
n.
1. A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
2. Informal A woman whose spouse 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.]
Translations
widow’s:
widow’s allowance
n (Brit) → (zeitweilige)Witwenbeihilfe f
widow’s annuity
nWitwenrente f
widow’s benefits
pl (Brit) → Sozialversicherungsleistungen plan Witwen
widow’s mite
n (fig)Scherflein nt(der armen Witwe)
widow’s peak
widow’s pension
nWitwenrente f


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Entering, I found a small scattered congregation of sailors, and sailors' wives and widows.
They were Agnes la Herme, Jehanne de la Tarme, Henriette la Gaultière, Gauchère la Violette, all four widows, all four dames of the Chapel Etienne Haudry, who had quitted their house with the permission of their mistress, and in conformity with the statutes of Pierre d'Ailly, in order to come and hear the sermon.
de Boville; "the charities present themselves to you through me: the widows and orphans depute me to receive alms to the amount of five millions from you.
 
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