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widow

/ˈwɪd.oʊ/ sustantivo B2

En español: viuda

  1. A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
  2. Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
  3. A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc. (informal) · My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring.
  4. An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
  5. A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
  6. 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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De la biblioteca

We bring to his widow his sword and cross of honor.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 3 · C1
## The Widow and Her Little Maidens
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 26 · B2
A WIDOW who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on her.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 26 · B2
## The Widow and the Sheep
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 32 · B2

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