widow, widower — The primary meaning of widow is that of a woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried. Widower is the male counterpart of widow. A grass widow is separated or divorced or lives apart from her husband. (The expression comes from the… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Qualifying Widow/Widower — A federal tax filing status available to widows and widowers for two years after their spouse s death. In the year the spouse dies, the widow or widower can (but is not required to) still file as married filing jointly; he or she could then file… … Investment dictionary
widower — noun Etymology: Middle English widewer, alteration of wedow widow, widower, from Old English wuduwa widower; akin to Old English wuduwe widow Date: 14th century a man who has lost his wife by death and usually has not remarried … New Collegiate Dictionary
widow — [OE] A widow is etymologically a woman who has been ‘separated’, left ‘solitary’. The word goes back ultimately to Indo European *widhewo, an adjective formed from the base *weidh ‘separate’ (source also of English divide and Sanskrit vidhu… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
widow — [OE] A widow is etymologically a woman who has been ‘separated’, left ‘solitary’. The word goes back ultimately to Indo European *widhewo, an adjective formed from the base *weidh ‘separate’ (source also of English divide and Sanskrit vidhu… … Word origins
widower — See widow, widower … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
widower — wid|ow|er [ˈwıdəuə US douər] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: widow widower (11 19 centuries), from Old English wuduwa] a man whose wife has died and who has not married again … Dictionary of contemporary English
widow — See widow, widower … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
widower — mid 14c., extended from WIDOW (Cf. widow). The O.E. masc. form was widewa … Etymology dictionary
widower — [wid′ō ər] n. [ME widewer, extended < wedow, widower < OE widewa, masc. of widewe, WIDOW] a man who has outlived the woman to whom he was married at the time of her death; esp., such a man who has not remarried widowerhood n … English World dictionary
