widewer

widewer
widewe, widewer
obs. ff. widow, widower.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • 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

  • 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

  • widewe — widewe, widewer obs. ff. widow, widower …   Useful english dictionary

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