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Definition of war widow noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

war widow

noun

/ˈwɔː wɪdəʊ/

/ˈwɔːr wɪdəʊ/

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a woman whose husband was killed in a warTopics War and conflictc2

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