widow
A person whose spouse is absent
Other meanings
A person who has lost a spouse and hasn't remarried
An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
Word history
From Old English "widuwe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “widow” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.