Definition

Noun: A woman whose husband has died and who has not married again.

Usage

This term specifically refers to a female whose spouse is deceased and who remains unmarried. It emphasizes her marital status following her husband's death. - The community provided support for the widow woman living alone. - In the story, the kind widow woman cared for the orphaned children.

Advanced Usage

• The term can carry formal or traditional connotations, sometimes used in legal, historical, or literary contexts to specify a woman's social and marital status.
• It can appear in compound nouns describing specific types, such as a war widow woman, though this is less common than simply "war widow."

Variants and Related Words

• Widow (noun): The more common and general term for a woman whose husband has died. "Widow woman" is a more specific variant.
• Widowed (adjective): Describing the state of having lost one's spouse by death.
• Dowager (noun): A widow who holds a title or property from her deceased husband.

Synonyms

• Widow: A woman whose husband has died.
• Relict (archaic): A widow.

Notes on Meaning

• The term explicitly denotes a woman who has not entered a new marriage. A woman who remarries after her husband's death is typically no longer referred to as a widow woman.
• It is a compound noun formed from "widow" + "woman," which serves to emphasize gender and marital status distinctly.

Noun

1. a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried