Definition of widow

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Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

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Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of..
Widual :: Widual (a.) Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual.
Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.
Widow :: Widow (a.) Widowed.
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir..
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank..
Lone :: Lone (a.) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood..
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.
Widow :: Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband..
Electress :: Electress (n.) The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.
Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
Widwe :: Widwe (n.) A widow.
Suttle :: Sutteeism (n.) The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
Third :: Third (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life..
Relict :: Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Whidah Bird :: Whidah bird () Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch..
Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..
Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
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