WIDOWER
Wid"ow*er, n.
Defn: A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again. Shak.
WIDOWERHOOD
Wid"ow*er*hood, n.
Defn: The state of being a widower.
WIDOWHOOD
Wid"ow*hood, n.
1. The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower. Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of more than thirty years. Leslie Stephen.
2. Estate settled on a widow. [Obs.] "I 'll assure her of her widowhood . . . in all my lands." Shak.
WIDOW-HUNTER
Wid"ow-hunt`er, n.
Defn: One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune.
Addison.
WIDOWLY
Wid"ow*ly, a.