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wid⋅ow⋅er

[wid-oh-er]
–noun
a man who has lost his wife by death and has not remarried.

Origin:
1325–75; late ME (see widow, -er 1 ); r. widow (now dial.), OE wydewa


wid⋅ow⋅ered, adjective
wid⋅ow⋅er⋅hood, noun
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wid·ow·er   (wĭd'ō-ər)   
n.  A man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.

[Middle English widewer, from widewe, widow; see widow.]
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