widowernounmasculine/ˈvjuvu/mediumvi·ú·voPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionA man whose wife has died and who has not remarried.He became a widower at the age of sixty.The support group is for widowers adjusting to life alone.antmarriedsingleCommon collocationsrecent widowerto become a widowerwidower statuswidower fatherEtymologyDo latim 'viduus'.Related wordsviúvaviuvezenviuvar