What does widower mean?
Definitions for widower
ˈwɪd oʊ ərwid·ow·er
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Princeton's WordNet
widower, widowmannoun
a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
Wiktionary
widowernoun
A man whose wife has died (and who has not re-married); masculine of widow.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Widowernoun
One who has lost his wife.
Etymology: from widow.
The king, sealing up all thoughts of love under the image of her memory, remained, a widower many years after. Philip Sidney.
The main consents are had, and here we’ll stay
To see our widower’s second marriage-day. William Shakespeare.They that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they that marry not, as the widowers. 2 Esdr. xvi. 44.
Wikipedia
widower
A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died.
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widower
A widower is a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
Webster Dictionary
Widowernoun
a man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of widower in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of widower in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of widower in a Sentence
Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
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- أرملArabic
- тол ир, толBashkir
- удавецBelarusian
- вдовецBulgarian
- intañvBreton
- vdovecCzech
- enkemandDanish
- WitwerGerman
- χήροςGreek
- vidvoEsperanto
- viudoSpanish
- مرد زن مردهPersian
- leskimies, leskiFinnish
- veufFrench
- baintreach firIrish
- banntrachScottish Gaelic
- אַלְמָןHebrew
- özvegyemberHungarian
- այրիArmenian
- dudaIndonesian
- vedovoItalian
- 男やもめJapanese
- 홀아비Korean
- viduusLatin
- našlysLithuanian
- takahore, pouaruMāori
- вдовецMacedonian
- dudaMalay
- weduwnaarDutch
- enkemann, enkjemannNorwegian Nynorsk
- enkemannNorwegian
- ମ୍ୄତଦାର, ବିପତ୍ନୀକOriya
- wdowiecPolish
- viúvoPortuguese
- văduvRomanian
- вдовецRussian
- udovac, удовацSerbo-Croatian
- vdovecSlovak
- vdovecSlovene
- änkling, änkemanSwedish
- dulTurkish
- вдівецьUkrainian
- người góa vợVietnamese
- 鳏夫Chinese
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