ˈwidəwə(r), -dōə- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English widewer, from widewe widow + -er
1. : a man who has lost his wife by death and has not married again
2. : a particular man identified as having survived his wife and often as having thereby acquired legal rights that are not lost by subsequent remarriage by him though they may sometimes be lost by decree, statute, or construction (as on account of the survivor's desertion or adultery)