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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwɪdəʊə^r/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈwɪdoʊɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(wid′ō ər)

wid•ow•er /ˈwɪdoʊɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Anthropologya man whose wife has died and who has not remarried.

wid•ow•er (wid′ō ər),USA pronunciation n.

Anthropologya man who has lost his wife by death and has not remarried.

1325–75; late Middle English (see widow, -er¹); replacing widow (now dialect, dialectal), Old English wydewa

wid′ow•ered, adj.
wid′ow•er•hood′, n.

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widower /ˈwɪdəʊə/ n

a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried

'widower' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

widow - grass widower - wid. - widowhood - yearning

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Synonyms: surviving husband, wifeless husband, dead woman's husband, grass widower, widowman, more...

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grass widower (wife and kids left)
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