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   What does widow mean?

   • viúva, deixar viúvo, viúva [feminine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! WIDOW definition: 1. a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not married again 2. a woman whose partner is….

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   What does widow mean in a word game?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Name That Dessert! Hope you’ve saved room for some sweet vocabulary. The meaning of WIDOW is a woman who has lost her spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried.

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   Why do people 'visit the poor widow' when calling on the bereaved?

   • Elderly widow develops panic attacks, followed by depression. Remarks like this reflect the social attitudes to widowhood which cause people to put on their 'visiting the poor widow' expression when calling on the bereaved. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Do war widows get a decent pension?

   • It's a bloody disgrace that some war widows don't get a decent pension. A traditional Indian custom used to involve widows burning themselves alive on their husbands ' funeral pyres. She is a member of a benevolent society for sailors ' widows. He was widowed at the age of 52.

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   Why do widows burn themselves alive on funeral pyres?

   • A traditional Indian custom used to involve widows burning themselves alive on their husbands ' funeral pyres. She is a member of a benevolent society for sailors ' widows. He was widowed at the age of 52. Elderly widows (29%) were most exposed to inadequate care because of their low status in their families and among their spouse's kin.

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   Where does the word widwe come from?

   • From Middle English widwe, from Old English widuwe, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂, possibly from *h₁weydʰh₁-, *widʰ- (“to separate, split, cleave, divide”), whence also wood from Old English widu, wudu.

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   WIDOW definition: 1. a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not married again 2. a woman whose partner is…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of WIDOW is a woman who has lost her spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried. How to use widow in a sentence.

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   Widow definition: a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.. See examples of WIDOW used in a sentence.

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   Oct 21, 2024 · (uncommon) Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried). (by extension, informal, often humorous or sarcastic, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.