Definition of "widower" []

• A man whose wife has died and who has not remarried. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The story sounds familiar enough, widower is framed by killer, widower goes on the run."
• "Ramsey Ryker, a retired widower, is having nightmares and seeing a ghost in "Horrible Imaginings"."
• "The widow or widower is released from the marriage contract by death ( 'til death do us part), but may continue to have an emotional connection to the deceased."