Word.ws English Dictionary

golf widows

golf widows is the plural of golf widow.

Meaning of golf widow

Noun

golf widow (plural golf widows)

  1. (idiomatic) A woman who is deprived of her husband's time and attention due to his regular absence in order to play golf.
    • It is claimed that the next best thing a golf widow can do if she cannot fill her lonely hours with croquet is to assume a devout interest in her husband's game.1900 August 12, “Women Here and There”, in New York Times, page 15

Questions about golf widows

What is golf widows the plural of?
Golf widows is the plural of golf widow.

Words near golf widows in the dictionary

  1. golf shirts
  2. golf towel
  3. golf towels
  4. golf umbrella
  5. golf widow
  6. golf widows
  7. golf-club
  8. golf-clubs
  9. golfability
  10. golfable
  11. golfaholic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: golf widows (page history and authors); golf widow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “golf widows.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/golf_widows. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.