widows

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.

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[Middle English widewe, from Old English widuwe.]

Translations

widow’s:

widow’s allowance

n (Brit) → (zeitweilige)Witwenbeihilfe f

widow’s annuity

n → Witwenrente f

widow’s benefits

pl (Brit) → Sozialversicherungsleistungen pl → an Witwen

widow’s mite

n (fig) → Scherflein nt → (der armen Witwe)

widow’s peak

n → spitzer Haaransatz

widow’s pension

n → Witwenrente f