/ ˈwɪdəʊ; NAmE ˈwɪdoʊ/ noun , verb
■ noun
a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again
■ verb
[ vn ] be widowed if sb is widowed , their husband or wife has died :
She was widowed when she was 35.
► widowed adjective :
his widowed father
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English widewe , from an Indo-European root meaning be empty; compare with Sanskrit vidh be destitute, Latin viduus bereft, widowed, and Greek ēitheos unmarried man.