widower
nounUS /ˈwɪdoʊɚ/
Etymology From Middle English widwer, equivalent to widow + -er.
1
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
- Tears of the widower, when he sees A late-lost form that sleep reveals, And moves his doubtful arms, and feels Her place is empty, fall like these; […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 20:
- What happens to the lovers of people with AIDS? How do they experience the passage from lover to caregiver to "widower"?1988 April 2, Lori Kenschaft, “Film on lovers of PWAs in works”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
- Derived terms
- grass widower
- Related terms
- widow, widowerhood