noun
widower
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noun
1
A man whose wife has died and who has not remarried.
"He became a widower after forty years of marriage."
"The support group is aimed at widowers coping with loss."
How to Use Widower
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe male equivalent of "widow" — a man whose spouse has died.
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Word Forms
widowers plural
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Etymology
From Middle English widwer, formed from widow plus the masculine suffix -er.