war widow

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   a woman whose husband has died in war

   Broaderwidow

Questions about war widow

What does war widow mean?

war widow means "a woman whose husband has died in war".

Is war widow a common word?

war widow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.