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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Jim Johnson, who is now an 81-year-old widower, lives with several dogs in a pale-yellow house in North Dakota.
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Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
The settlement will provide each of Ault’s children and her widower with $7,584.05 after lawyers’ fees, according to court documents.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
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Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
The settlement will provide each of Ault’s children and her widower with $7,584.05 after lawyers’ fees, according to court documents.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
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widower
noun
wid·ow·er
ˈwid-ə-wər
: a man whose spouse has died
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