widower

CEFRB2

/ˈwɪdoʊɚ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A man whose wife has died.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.

Examples

  • A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.

  • He's a widower with three small children to take care of.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

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In context

  • What happens to the lovers of people with AIDS? How do they experience the passage from lover to caregiver to "widower"?

  • Tears of the widower, when he sees ⁠A late-lost form that sleep reveals, ⁠And moves his doubtful arms, and feels Her place is empty, fall like these; […]

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Origin

noun

From Middle English widwer, equivalent to widow + -er.