Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried.
Widow
/ˈwɪdəʊ/Synonyms:
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Examples:
'And we are both widows too!' said Barbara's mother.Widowed mother, perhaps?' Nicholas sighed.'That is true,' the widow said.
Etymology:
From Old English widewe, similar to Proto-Germanic *widuwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂, meaning widow. This root is also the source for similar words in other Indo-European languages such as Latin vidua and Greek ēithea.
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