: a man who has lost his spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe widower of the victim told Reuters they were disappointed because the riots had also killed many family members. Reuters, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 The 1790s gothic tale centres on a governess who travels to Latin America to educate the two daughters of a widower. Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Aug. 2022 Idris Elba stars as a widower who travels to a South African game reserve with his two teenage daughters in the hope of reconnecting as a family. Andrew Torgan, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022 One is that the city of Los Angeles has channeled away the region’s water, inciting Rhodes, the son of a mining tycoon and now an eccentric widower, to a sleepless feud against government authorities. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 July 2022 As a widower in a small village, his grandfather raised six children after his wife died of tuberculosis. Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 27 June 2022 The widower was married for 52 years, raised four children, and earlier this year, remarried. Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2022 The widower of a Texas elementary school teacher killed in a shooting has died of a heart attack days just days after his wife was killed. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 May 2022 The widower lived there alone, with his cats, until his death in 1937. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English widewer, alteration of wedow widow, widower, from Old English wuduwa widower; akin to Old English wuduwe widow