WIDOW, noun [Latin See Wide.] A woman who has lost her husband by death. Luke 2:37. WIDOWs chamber, in London, the apparel and furniture of the bed-chamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she is entitled. WIDOW, verb transitive 1. To bereave of a husband; but rarely used except in the participle. 2. To endow with a widows right. [Unusual.] 3. To strip of any thing good. The widowd isle in mourning--
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