(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

simple past tense and past participle of widow

A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); masculine of widow. [from 14th c.]

A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower. / (uncommon) A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).

(transitive) To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of. / (transitive, figuratively) To strip of anything valued. / (transitive, obsolete) To endow with a widow's right.

plural of widow

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of widow; to make a widow of

plural of widower

present participle of widow

(nonstandard, of a man) Widowed; left a widower.