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plural widowers
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); masculine of widow. quotations examples
Tears of the widower, when he seesA late-lost form that sleep reveals,And moves his doubtful arms, and feelsHer place is empty, fall like these; […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], canto XIII, page 20
What happens to the lovers of people with AIDS? How do they experience the passage from lover to caregiver to "widower"?
1988 April 2, Lori Kenschaft, “Film on lovers of PWAs in works”, in Gay Community News, page 6