widower

noun
/ˈwɪdoʊɚ/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from widwer

Definitions

  1. 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA