widow and widower

(literally) Widowers and widowed, orphans and childless elderly. / (idiomatic) the lonely people of the world

(collective) people, each person, everybody

widower

sympathy

to sympathise

to embrace, hug, hold in one's arms / (euphemistic) to sleep with someone / to sit on eggs, to brood on a nest (said of a bird)

to hold something in mind, to harbor some feeling about, to entertain a thought about / (literary) to embrace, hug, hold in one's arms

(obsolete) to hug, embrace / to hold something in mind, to harbor some feeling about, to entertain a thought about

minority