Crossword-Solution: WIDOWER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Widower | n. | A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again. |
We have 19 clues for the answer “WIDOWER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Lot in Genesis, e.g. | 1 answer |
| man whose wife is dead and who has not remarried | 1 answer |
| a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried | 1 answer |
| Surviving spouse | 1 answer |
| Surviving male spouse | 1 answer |
| Prince Rainier is one | 1 answer |
| Ove in "A Man Called Ove," e.g. | 1 answer |
| Mr. Rochester in "Jane Eyre," e.g. | 1 answer |
| Man whose wife has died | 1 answer |
| Man who has lost his wife | 1 answer |
| George Burns, from 8/27/1964 on | 1 answer |
| Dating scene returnee, maybe | 1 answer |
| Certain man | 1 answer |
| Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music," e.g. | 1 answer |
| Bereaved husband | 1 answer |
| "Sleepless in Seattle" hero, for one | 1 answer |
| RELICT | 4 answers |
| ASSUMING EASTENDER HAS LOST HIS BEARINGS | 10 answers |
| Divorced couple | 10 answers |
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Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with WIDOWER (5)
Archie had never known what comfort was until he became a widower, though with characteristic delicacy, or dishonesty, he insisted upon accrediting his peace of mind to the San Felipe, to Time, to anything but his release from Mrs.
Mamma would advance to meet him, with outstretched hand; the virgin daughter, elderly as he has now got to be,—an old widower, as he smilingly describes himself,—would shake up the cushion for the Judge, and do her pretty utmost to make him comfortable.
Trying to teach a seventy year old widower about digital is like trying to get a square ball bearing to roll." Even so, Scott looked forward to those evenings with his mom.
Carruthers was a widower, but he had engaged a lady housekeeper, a very respectable, elderly person, called Mrs.
Some scruples and some reluctance the widower-father may be supposed to have felt; but as they were overcome by other considerations, the child was given up to the care and the wealth of the Churchills, and he had only his own comfort to seek, and his own situation to improve as he could.
Quotes with WIDOWER (3)
When a husband loses his wife, they call him a widower. When a wife loses her husband, they call her a widow. And when somebody’s parents die, they call them an orphan. But there is no name for a parent, a grieving mother, or a devastated father who have lost their child. Because the pain behind the loss is so immeasurable and unbearable, that it cannot be described in a single word. It just cannot be described.
There are words like ‘orphan’, ‘widow’ and ‘widower’ in all languages. But there is no word in any language to describe a parent who loses a child. How does one describe the pain of ‘ultimate bereavement’! (Page 50)
Oh, I forgot to tell you the rest of it — he’s a widower now, so they can ride off together into the sunset, their wedding rings glinting.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1975–2024).