"war widow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: war widows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} war widow (plural war widows)
  1. The wife of a person in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action). Hyponyms: gold star wife Related terms: war orphan, military widow, war bride
    Sense id: en-war_widow-en-noun-ou~mUSoR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
  2. (by extension) A woman whose spouse has been killed in any conflict. Tags: broadly Translations (woman whose spouse has been killed in conflict): oorlogsweduwe [feminine] (Dutch), sotaleski (Finnish), veuve de guerre [feminine] (French), Kriegswitwe [feminine] (German), hadiözvegy (Hungarian), wdowa wojenna [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-war_widow-en-noun-M9MBFVy1 Disambiguation of 'woman whose spouse has been killed in conflict': 17 83

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