widow

Woman whose spouse has died

EntityQ179115

Also known as widow madam

Subclass of: woman
, widowed person

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A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and who has not remarried. The male form, "widower", is first attested in the 14th century, by the 19th century supplanting "widow" with reference to men. The adjective for either sex is widowed. These terms are not applied to a divorcé(e) following the death of an ex-spouse.

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Patron saint: Margherita Lotti
Pharaildis
Saint Ludmila of Bohemia
Elizabeth Ann Seton
Different from: Widow criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items
Opposite of: widower criterion used: sex of humans
wife criterion used: married
Has characteristic: widowhood

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