widow

Definitions

• A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.
• (uncommon) A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
• (informal) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
• (card games) 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.