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Discovert :: Discovert (a.) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

Tudor :: Tudor (a.) Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth..

Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir..

Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..

Lone :: Lone (a.) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood..

Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement..

Suttle :: Sutteeism (n.) The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.

Viduage :: Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively..

Marchioness :: Marchioness (n.) The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.

Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.

Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.

Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..

Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..

Widow-maker :: Widow-maker (n.) One who makes widows by destroying husbands.

Palsgravine :: Palsgravine (n.) The consort or widow of a palsgrave.

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..

Widow Bird :: Widow bird () See Whidan bird.

Widow :: Widow (a.) Widowed.

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.

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