military widow
English
noun
Definitions
- The widow of a soldier who was killed while in active service.
- (slang) The wife of a soldier who lives separate lives from their husband due to his devotion to the service, leaving the wife a virtual widow.
Etymology
Compound from English military + English widow.
Origin
English
widow
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimilitary English
- militaresque English
- militaria English
- militariana English
- militaric English
- militarical English
- militarily English
- militariness English
- militarist English
- militaristic English
- military English
- militaryese English
- militaryism English
- militarylike English
- militaryspeak English
- militarywise English
- multimilitary English
- narcomilitary English
- nonmilitary English
- paramilitary English
- postmilitary English
- premilitary English
- promilitary English
- pseudomilitary English
- quasimilitary English
- religiomilitary English
- unmilitary English
- widow English
- widow foreclosure English
- widow-hunter English
- widow-maker English
- widower English
- widowhead English
- widowhood English
- widowlike English
- widowly English
- Witwe German
- widwe Middle English
- militaire Old French
- widow
- widowly
- widower
- military
- widowlike
- widowhead
- militaria
- widowhood
- militaric
- militarily
- unmilitary
- militarist
- militarical
- militaryism
- nonmilitary
- widow-maker
- premilitary
- militaryese
- promilitary
- militariana
- militaresque
- paramilitary
- postmilitary
- militarylike
- antimilitary
- militaristic
- widow-hunter
- militarywise
- militariness
- militaryspeak
- multimilitary
- narcomilitary
- quasimilitary
- pseudomilitary
- religiomilitary
- widow foreclosure