"military widow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: military widows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} military widow (plural military widows)
  1. The widow of a soldier who was killed while in active service. Related terms: gold star wife, war widow, police widow Translations (widow of a soldier who was killed while in active service): sotilaan leski (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-military_widow-en-noun-L0kw8bTx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'widow of a soldier who was killed while in active service': 88 12
  2. (slang, sarcastic) The wife of a soldier who lives separate lives from their husband due to his devotion to the service, leaving the wife a virtual widow. Tags: sarcastic, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-military_widow-en-noun-oHcvNXic Disambiguation of People: 43 57

Inflected forms

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