widder

Noun

widow (plural widows)

1. A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
2. (uncommon) Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
   • Now that he is a widow, he tries to win Olivia back through the songs and the music that brought them together all those years ago, leaving Olivia torn between moving forward with Josh or falling into the arms of the man she truly loves.2016 June 23, Traciy Reyes, “‘The Wedding March’: Hallmark Movie — June Bride Unwittingly Hires Wedding Singer Who Is Her Ex, Starring Josie Bissett, Jack Wagner”, in The Inquisitr News
3. (broadly, humorous, in-compounds, informal, often, sarcastic) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.
   • My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring.
4. An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

   Synonyms:

   kitty

5. A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.

   Antonyms:

   orphan

6. Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).

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