widows

noun

Meaning

A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.
A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
(in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.
To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
To strip of anything valued.
To endow with a widow's right.
To be widow to.

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