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war widow

noun war widows

  1. The wife of a person in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action).
  2. broadly A woman whose spouse has been killed in any conflict.

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noun woman whose spouse has been killed in conflict

Françaisveuve de guerre
DeutschKriegswitwe

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"war widow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/war%20widow. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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war widow. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/war%20widow

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"war widow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/war%20widow.

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@misc{war_widow_2026,
  title = {war widow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/war%20widow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}