Definition of "widow" []

• A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried. (noun)
• Informal A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport or hobby. (noun)
• An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. Also called kitty1. (noun)
• Printing A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column. (noun)
• Printing A short line at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph. (noun)

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• "Mr. Friendly came in, and the widow and he, were soon as delighted as Fanny could be; he asked the dear _widow_ to change her estate; -- she consented at once, and a kiss sealed her fate."
• ""The name widow means ostracisation, which means all fault lies in the women," said Nighat Shafi Pandit, who founded the Help foundation to assist orphans and underprivileged women."
• "I'm no longer a mother, I'm no longer a wife and I hate the word widow."