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Word entry · 7 letters

widower

Best crossword clue

"Man whose wife died"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɪdoʊɚ/Part of speech nounSorted deiorwwStarts with WEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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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