widow
/ˈwɪd.oʊ/ noun B2- A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
- Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
- A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc. · My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring.
- An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
- A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
- Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).
Plural widows
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We bring to his widow his sword and cross of honor.
## The Widow and Her Little Maidens
A WIDOW who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on her.
## The Widow and the Sheep
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