widow
//ˈwɪdoʊ//
Noun
widowSingular
widowsPlural
1
A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
She became a widow at the age of 45.
2
A woman whose partner is often away or preoccupied with a particular activity (used in compounds such as 'golf widow').
She jokingly calls herself a golf widow because her husband plays every weekend.
Verb
1
To make someone a widow or widower; to cause someone to lose their spouse through death.
The war widowed thousands of women across the country.