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Widow vs Witcher - What's the difference?

widow | witcher |

As nouns the difference between widow and witcher

is that widow is a woman whose husband has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower while witcher is dowser.

As a verb widow

is to make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.

As a contraction witcher is

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widow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • * 1988', Emily Parry, " 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.
  • 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 .
  • Derived terms

    * black widow * golf widow * grass widow * widow bird * widow-maker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.
  • English transitive verbs

    witcher

    English

    Etymology 1

    witch (verb) ; from popular belief that dowsing was a supernatural act.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • dowser
  • Etymology 2

    Contraction of (with) + (your)

    Contraction

    (head)
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  • * 1974 , Paul R. Clancy, Just a Country Lawyer: A Biography of Senator Sam Ervin , page 103,
  • And Wiltz said, 'Come on witcher' conversation, Mr. Avery. Come on ' witcher conversation.'
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