"grass widower" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-grass widower.ogg [Australia] Forms: grass widowers [plural]
Etymology: From grass + widower, after grass widow. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|grass|widower}} grass + widower, {{m|en|grass widow}} grass widow Head templates: {{en-noun}} grass widower (plural grass widowers)
  1. A married man whose spouse is away. Categories (topical): People Translations (a married man whose wife is away): græsenkemand [common-gender] (Danish), Strohwitwer [masculine] (German), szalmaözvegy (Hungarian), gressenkemann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), grasenkemann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), grasenkjemann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), słomiany wdowiec [masculine] (Polish), gräsänkling [common-gender] (Swedish), gräsänkeman [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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