widow
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
widows
plural
widows
Britannica Dictionary definition of WIDOW
[count]
1
:
a woman whose husband has died
2
informal
:
a woman whose husband often leaves her alone while he plays sports or is involved in other activities
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a football widow [=a woman whose husband spends a lot of time watching football]
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Everyone joked that she was a golf widow. [=a woman whose husband is often away playing golf]
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see also black widow
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She had a hard time during her first year of widowhood.
