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widower

nounmasculinegeneral usecommon/ˈvjuvu/vi·ú·vo

Definition

1

A man whose wife has died and who has not remarried.

Usage examples

He became a widower at the age of sixty.
The support group is for widowers adjusting to life alone.

Common combinations

recent widowerto become a widowerwidower statuswidower father