"widower" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪdoʊɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-widower.ogg Forms: widowers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English widwer, equivalent to widow + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|widwer}} Middle English widwer, {{af|en|widow|-er|id2=relational}} widow + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} widower (plural widowers)
  1. A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from 14th c.] Categories (topical): Death, Male people Derived forms: grass widower Related terms: widow, widowerhood Translations (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried): wewenaar (Afrikaans), vejan [masculine] (Albanian), i ve [masculine] (Albanian), أَرْمَل (ʔarmal) [masculine] (Arabic), ارمل (armil) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), այրի (ayri) (Armenian), veduu [masculine] (Aromanian), veduv [masculine] (Aromanian), viudu (Asturian), dul kişi (Azerbaijani), тол (tol) (Bashkir), тол ир (tol ir) (Bashkir), alargun (Basque), удаве́ц (udavjéc) [masculine] (Belarusian), ўдаве́ц (ŭdavjéc) [masculine] (Belarusian), intañv [masculine] (Breton), вдове́ц (vdovéc) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မုဆိုးဖို (mu.hcui:hpui) (Burmese), vidu [masculine] (Catalan), maluti (Chamicuro), 鰥夫 (Chinese Cantonese), 鳏夫 (gwaan¹ fu¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 鰥夫 (Chinese Mandarin), 鳏夫 (guānfū) (Chinese Mandarin), 寡夫 (guǎfū) (Chinese Mandarin), vdovec [masculine] (Czech), enkemand [common-gender] (Danish), weduwnaar [masculine] (Dutch), доваля (dovaľa) (Erzya), vidvo (Esperanto), leskmees (Estonian), einkjumaður [masculine] (Faroese), leski (Finnish), leskimies (Finnish), vevo [masculine] (Franco-Provençal), veuf [masculine] (French), vedul [masculine] (Friulian), viúvo [masculine] (Galician), ქვრივი (kvrivi) (Georgian), Witwer [masculine] (German), χήρος (chíros) [masculine] (Greek), אַלְמָן (almán) [masculine] (Hebrew), विधुर (vidhur) [masculine] (Hindi), özvegyember (Hungarian), ekkill [masculine] (Icelandic), vidvulo (Ido), duda (Indonesian), leski (Ingrian), leskimees (Ingrian), baintreach fir [feminine] (Irish), vedovo (Italian), 寡夫 (kafu) (alt: かふ) (Japanese), 男やもめ (otokoyamome) (alt: おとこやもめ) (Japanese), тұл ер (tūl er) (Kazakh), 홀아비 (horabi) (Korean), viduus (Latin), atraitnis [masculine] (Latvian), našlys [masculine] (Lithuanian), lešk (Livonian), atrāita (Livonian), вдовец (vdovec) [masculine] (Macedonian), duda (Malay), pouaru (Maori), takahore (Maori), enkemann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), enkjemann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), enkemann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), veuse (Occitan), ବିପତ୍ନୀକ (bipatnika) (Odia), ମୃତଦାର (mrutadāra) (Odia), widuwa [masculine] (Old English), مرد بیوه (mard-e bive) (Persian), vido [masculine] (Piedmontese), Wätmaun [masculine] (Plautdietsch), wdowiec (Polish), viúvo [masculine] (Portuguese), ikma (Quechua), văduv [masculine] (Romanian), вдове́ц (vdovéc) [masculine] (Russian), weedae-man (Scots), banntrach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), удо́вац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), udóvac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vìduvu [masculine] (Sicilian), vìduu [masculine] (Sicilian), vdovec [masculine] (Slovak), vdovec [masculine] (Slovene), viudo [masculine] (Spanish), mjane (Swahili), änkeman (Swedish), änkling [common-gender] (Swedish), занмурда (zanmurda) (Tajik), бева (beva) (Tajik), ajjar [masculine] (Tarifit), พ่อม่าย (Thai), พ่อหม้าย (Thai), ม่าย (mâai) (Thai), หม้าย (mâai) (Thai), dul (Turkish), вдіве́ць (vdivécʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), beva kishi (Uzbek), védoo [masculine] (Venetan), người góa vợ (Vietnamese), hiviudan (Volapük), gŵr gweddw [masculine] (Welsh), gwidwer [South, masculine] (Welsh), aipaineq (Yup'ik), šupun-wa (Yámana)
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          "text": "Tears of the widower, when he sees\n⁠A late-lost form that sleep reveals,\n⁠And moves his doubtful arms, and feels\nHer place is empty, fall like these; […]",
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          "text": "What happens to the lovers of people with AIDS? How do they experience the passage from lover to caregiver to \"widower\"?",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔarmal",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "أَرْمَل"
        },
        {
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "armil",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ارمل"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ayri",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "այրի"
        },
        {
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "veduu"
        },
        {
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "veduv"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "viudu"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "dul kişi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "tol",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "тол"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "tol ir",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "тол ир"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "alargun"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "udavjéc",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "удаве́ц"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ŭdavjéc",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ўдаве́ц"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "intañv"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vdovéc",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вдове́ц"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "mu.hcui:hpui",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "မုဆိုးဖို"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vidu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ccc",
          "lang": "Chamicuro",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "maluti"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "鰥夫"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gwaan¹ fu¹",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "鳏夫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "鰥夫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guānfū",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "鳏夫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guǎfū",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "寡夫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vdovec"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "enkemand"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "weduwnaar"
        },
        {
          "code": "myv",
          "lang": "Erzya",
          "roman": "dovaľa",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "доваля"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "vidvo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "leskmees"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "einkjumaður"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "leski"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "leskimies"
        },
        {
          "code": "frp",
          "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vevo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "veuf"
        },
        {
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vedul"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "viúvo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "kvrivi",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "ქვრივი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Witwer"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chíros",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "χήρος"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "almán",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אַלְמָן"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vidhur",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "विधुर"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "özvegyember"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ekkill"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "vidvulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "duda"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "leski"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "leskimees"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "baintreach fir"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "vedovo"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かふ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kafu",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "寡夫"
        },
        {
          "alt": "おとこやもめ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "otokoyamome",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "男やもめ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tūl er",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "тұл ер"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "horabi",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "홀아비"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "viduus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atraitnis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "našlys"
        },
        {
          "code": "liv",
          "lang": "Livonian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "lešk"
        },
        {
          "code": "liv",
          "lang": "Livonian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "atrāita"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vdovec",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вдовец"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "duda"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "pouaru"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "takahore"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "enkemann"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "enkjemann"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "enkemann"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "veuse"
        },
        {
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "bipatnika",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "ବିପତ୍ନୀକ"
        },
        {
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "mrutadāra",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "ମୃତଦାର"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "widuwa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mard-e bive",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "مرد بیوه"
        },
        {
          "code": "pms",
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vido"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wätmaun"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "wdowiec"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "viúvo"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "ikma"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "văduv"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vdovéc",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вдове́ц"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "weedae-man"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banntrach"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "удо́вац"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "udóvac"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vìduvu"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vìduu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vdovec"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vdovec"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "viudo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "mjane"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "änkeman"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "änkling"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "zanmurda",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "занмурда"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "beva",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "бева"
        },
        {
          "code": "rif",
          "lang": "Tarifit",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ajjar"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "พ่อม่าย"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "พ่อหม้าย"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mâai",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "ม่าย"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mâai",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "หม้าย"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "dul"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vdivécʹ",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вдіве́ць"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "beva kishi"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "védoo"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "người góa vợ"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "hiviudan"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gŵr gweddw"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "tags": [
            "South",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gwidwer"
        },
        {
          "code": "yag",
          "lang": "Yámana",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "šupun-wa"
        },
        {
          "code": "esu",
          "lang": "Yup'ik",
          "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
          "word": "aipaineq"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪdoʊɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/En-us-widower.ogg/En-us-widower.ogg.mp3",
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "grass widower"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "widwer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English widwer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "widow",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "relational"
      },
      "expansion": "widow + -er",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English widwer, equivalent to widow + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "widowers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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          "ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XIII, page 20:",
          "text": "Tears of the widower, when he sees\n⁠A late-lost form that sleep reveals,\n⁠And moves his doubtful arms, and feels\nHer place is empty, fall like these; […]",
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          "ref": "1988 April 2, Lori Kenschaft, “Film on lovers of PWAs in works”, in Gay Community News, page 6:",
          "text": "What happens to the lovers of people with AIDS? How do they experience the passage from lover to caregiver to \"widower\"?",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "wewenaar"
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vejan"
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      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "أَرْمَل"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "ayri",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "այրի"
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      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "veduu"
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      "code": "rup",
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      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
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      "word": "veduv"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "viudu"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "dul kişi"
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      "code": "ba",
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      "roman": "tol",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "тол"
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      "code": "ba",
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      "word": "тол ир"
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      "word": "alargun"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "intañv"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vdovéc",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "вдове́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "mu.hcui:hpui",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "မုဆိုးဖို"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vidu"
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      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
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      "word": "maluti"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "鰥夫"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gwaan¹ fu¹",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "鳏夫"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "鰥夫"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "鳏夫"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "寡夫"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vdovec"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "enkemand"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "weduwnaar"
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      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "dovaľa",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "доваля"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "vidvo"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "leskmees"
    },
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "einkjumaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "leski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "leskimies"
    },
    {
      "code": "frp",
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vevo"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veuf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vedul"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viúvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kvrivi",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "ქვრივი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Witwer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chíros",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χήρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "almán",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַלְמָן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vidhur",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विधुर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "özvegyember"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ekkill"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "vidvulo"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "duda"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "leski"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "leskimees"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baintreach fir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "vedovo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kafu",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "寡夫"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おとこやもめ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "otokoyamome",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "男やもめ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tūl er",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "тұл ер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "horabi",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "홀아비"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "viduus"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "atraitnis"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "našlys"
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    {
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "lešk"
    },
    {
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "atrāita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vdovec",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вдовец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "duda"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "pouaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "takahore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "enkemann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enkjemann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enkemann"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "veuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "bipatnika",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "ବିପତ୍ନୀକ"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "mrutadāra",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "ମୃତଦାର"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "widuwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mard-e bive",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "مرد بیوه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wätmaun"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "wdowiec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viúvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "ikma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "văduv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vdovéc",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вдове́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "weedae-man"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banntrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "удо́вац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "udóvac"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vìduvu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vìduu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vdovec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vdovec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "mjane"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "änkeman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "änkling"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zanmurda",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "занмурда"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "beva",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "бева"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ajjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "พ่อม่าย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "พ่อหม้าย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mâai",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "ม่าย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mâai",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "หม้าย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "dul"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vdivécʹ",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вдіве́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "beva kishi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "védoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "người góa vợ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "hiviudan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gŵr gweddw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "tags": [
        "South",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwidwer"
    },
    {
      "code": "yag",
      "lang": "Yámana",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "šupun-wa"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried",
      "word": "aipaineq"
    }
  ],
  "word": "widower"
}

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