widower
noun
wid·ow·er
ˈwi-də-wər 
: a man who has lost his spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried
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Schoefer was a widower who lived alone in Weimar, according to previous news stories published in The Sacramento Bee.
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My friends had made the man sound an ancient mariner, an invalid widower, near dead from a lurid litany of injuries.
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Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
There’s money to be made from a drunken widower, but a productive painter promises wealth on an entirely different scale.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Schoefer was a widower who lived alone in Weimar, according to previous news stories published in The Sacramento Bee.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2026
My friends had made the man sound an ancient mariner, an invalid widower, near dead from a lurid litany of injuries.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Widower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widower. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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widower
noun
wid·ow·er
ˈwid-ə-wər
: a man whose spouse has died
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