01 n. The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.
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The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.“Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of more than thirty years.” — Leslie Stephen.
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Estate settled on a widow.[Obs.]