widow.

The newspapers had Catherine's own authority for it, Mrs. Presty, when they called her widow.

The Evil Genius Wilkie Collins 1856

“Here, Sylvie! girl, run for the doctor,” called the widow.

Father Goriot 2003

Meanwhile, just two block as way shrouded in black is a building Wall Streeters call the widow.

CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2003 2003

"It was the end of hopes and dreams for a young couple," recalled his widow.

Lavoo, John A. 1968

One morning Miss Sharpe had been relating an anecdote of a gentleman in the neighborhood who had jilted (odious word!) an amiable and highly estimable young lady, to whom he had long been engaged, in order to marry a wealthy and titled widow.

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various

Her husband had left her for a woman of easy virtue, as the phrase is, and she considered this so shameful that she chose to be known as a widow.

Maigret and the Spinster Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1942

“Here, Sylvie! girl, run for the doctor, ” called the widow.

Paras. 1100–1199 1917

It is so hard to have to live alone, especially so for a Brahmin widow.

Daughters of India 1908

She was here on a visit from the city of M--- where she lived, and had come over to see her aunt, as Angus Dhu's children always called the widow.

Shenac's Work at Home 1859

They shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince; and a nation in this condition may well be called a widow.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721