widower
noun/ˈwɪdoʊɚ/US
Etymology
From Middle English widwer, equivalent to widow + -er.
- inherited from widwer
Definitions
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried)
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
- 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; […]
- What happens to the lovers of people with AIDS? How do they experience the passage from lover to caregiver to "widower"?
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