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n. - A man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried.

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  • The widower is at liberty when his wife dies; but he mourns for her in the same way, by cutting his hair off.
  • If we had known that I don't suppose we would have called him, for a widower is even worse in a congregation than a single man.
  • Royce alleged that since the widower is the slayer of Juliana M.
  • In addition, at times, becoming a widower is a cause for suicide.
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