Meaning

1 senses
  1. A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.

    Witwer

    вдове́цvdovéc

    вдіве́цьvdivécʹ

    a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried

Examples

34 sentences
  1. I'm a widower.

    Я вдівець. — deniko

    ruЯ вдовец. — odexed

  2. I know Tom is a widower.

  3. I know that Tom is a widower.

  4. Tom's only been a widower for six months.

  5. I've only been a widower for three months.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried:
Русский
By meaning 1
a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried:

Origin

From Middle English widwere, equivalent to widow + -er.

From Middle English widwere, equivalent to widow + -er.

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Forms

plural: widowers
Singularwidower
Pluralwidowers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried:widowman

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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