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Widower vs Widowered - What's the difference?

widower | widowered |

As a noun widower

is a man whose wife has died (and who has not remarried); masculine of widow.

As an adjective widowered is

widowed; left a widower.

widower

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A man whose wife has died (and who has not remarried); masculine of widow.

    • Related terms

    * widow * widowerhood

    widowered

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (nonstandard, of a man) Widowed; left a widower.