Definition of widower
: a man who has lost his spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried
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Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, Gabor’s last husband and widower, will even be on hand.
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At 18, Varina Howell marries the Mississippi landowner Jefferson Davis, a melancholic widower 19 years her senior.
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On this date: In 1614, Indian Chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas married Englishman John Rolfe, a widower, in the Virginia Colony.
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In 1614, Chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas married Englishman John Rolfe, a widower, in the Virginia Colony.
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Widows, widowers group meets for events The North County Widows and Widowers will hold the following events in April: Tuesday: Pala Casino tribute to the Eagles, 1 p.m. Free.
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The report notes that Social Security employees, in most cases, didn’t point out the clear advantages of certain strategies to widows and widowers.
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WATCH Paralyzed Virginia Veteran Walks for the First Time in 33 Years: Rogers, a widower, has four children (three of whom are still alive), 14 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
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When pension recipients die, widows and widowers may inherit the full pension of their spouse and add it to their own.
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Origin and Etymology of widower
Middle English widewer, alteration of wedow widow, widower, from Old English wuduwa widower; akin to Old English wuduwe widow
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