widower
noun
wid·ow·er
ˈwi-də-wər 
: a man who has lost his spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried
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My friends had made the man sound an ancient mariner, an invalid widower, near dead from a lurid litany of injuries.
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Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The widower now lives comfortably in a mobile home park.
—Paula Span, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Roth accounts aren't subject to RMDs so a surviving spouse wouldn't have to continue receiving RMD income that would immediately boost the widow or widower into a higher tax bracket when filing a single, rather than joint, tax return.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Kimberly Williams-Paisley stars in 9-1-1 Nashville as emergency dispatcher Cammie Raleigh, who is a widower.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The widower now lives comfortably in a mobile home park.
—Paula Span, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Roth accounts aren't subject to RMDs so a surviving spouse wouldn't have to continue receiving RMD income that would immediately boost the widow or widower into a higher tax bracket when filing a single, rather than joint, tax return.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Kimberly Williams-Paisley stars in 9-1-1 Nashville as emergency dispatcher Cammie Raleigh, who is a widower.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for widower
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“Widower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widower. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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widower
noun
wid·ow·er
ˈwid-ə-wər
: a man whose spouse has died
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