[wid.ow.er] n [ME widewer, alter. of wedow widow, widower, fr. OE wuduwa widower; akin to OE wuduwe widow] (14c): a man who has lost his wife by death and usu. has not remarried
WIDOWER
Meaning of WIDOWER in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012