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Meanings of
widower
in English
Portuguese
viúvo
Catalan
vidu
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A man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried.
widowman
Portuguese
viúvo
Russian
вдовец
Portuguese
viúvo
Spanish
viudo
Catalan
vidu
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Man whose spouse has died.
widow
Russian
вдовец
Usage of
widower
in English
1
Yes; he was a
widower
,
and late that evening at the fishing.
2
In 1761, he was a
widower
and an officer of the excise.
3
Schouisky was a
widower
,
and in the fiftieth year of his age.
4
I am a
widower
;
I have no children left to me alive.
5
Norgaard, now a
widower
,
would be looking for a new wife anyway.
6
And Ms Klausutis's
widower
has pleaded with Trump to cease the attack.
7
Sita perished upon the spot, and the
widower
remained inconsolable-fora time.
8
A
widower
would abstain from society and the theater for six months.
9
Mrs. Dacre died, and the
widower
and his daughter returned to England.
10
He's just a nice, decent, attractive, intelligent, well-dressed
widower
from the Midwest.
11
The captain was a
widower
with one child, a girl of fifteen.
12
She was the daughter of a doctor in our town, a
widower
.
13
Since then my son has become a
widower
and has gone travelling.
14
Legislative Council and a
widower
ought not to look like Mr. Severn.
15
He was a
widower
,
lived alone, and was the only remaining grandparent.
16
I suppose it is some cross old
widower
,
with a dozen children.
Other examples for "widower"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
widower
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
old widower
leave a widower
wealthy widower
childless widower
lonely widower
More collocations
Translations for
widower
Portuguese
viúvo
Catalan
vidu
viudo
Russian
вдовец
Spanish
viudo
Widower
through the time
Widower
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common