Husbandless vs Widow - What's the difference?
husbandless | widow |
A woman whose husband has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.
(informal, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
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An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
(printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus .
To make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.
English transitive verbs
As an adjective husbandless
is without a husband.As a noun widow is
a woman whose husband has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.As a verb widow is
to make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.widow
English
Noun
(en noun)For a Bowling '''Widow, a Split Isn't Just Two Lonely Pins," ''New York Times , 27 Nov.,
- I had been feeling like a bowling-alley widow , but knew he loved the game, so I suggested we join a mixed league.