opposite of widow

[user_gary]

(1) I know when a woman's husband dies, we say she is a widow. I wonder what do we say to a man when her wife dies.

(2) When someone's husband dies, we say widow. I wonder what do we say If someone's husband not died but he went off with some other girl; or if someone's husband was so arrogant that he told his wife to go back his home and no more he doesn't want her and he is going to marry other girl. How do we say such a woman/lady/girl?


Please help me.

 

[mochimochi]

(1)widower

 

[Veron1]

(1)widower

Yes it is:up: :up:

 

[BobK]

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(2) When someone's husband dies, we say widow. I wonder what do we say If someone's husband not has not died but he went off with some other girl; or if someone's husband was so arrogant that he told his wife to go back his home and no more he doesn't want her and he is going to marry other girl. How do we say such a woman/lady/girl?


Please help me.

grass widow. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

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PS
A related term (without a divorce or legal separation) is golf widow definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta

 

[Veron1]

:shock:

grass widow. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

b

PS
A related term (without a divorce or legal separation) is golf widow definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta

Do you mean widower is wrong
I found it in Oxford dictionary

 

[Casiopea]

Female: widow :tick:
Male: widower :tick:

 

[BobK]

:shock:
Do you mean widower is wrong
I found it in Oxford dictionary

Of course not; that's why I quoted '2...'

b

 

[Veron1]

Female: widow :tick:
Male: widower :tick:

:up:

 

[Veron1]

Of course not; that's why I quoted '2...'

b

Ok

 

[Anglika]

(2) When someone's husband dies, we say widow. I wonder what do we say If someone's husband not died but he went off with some other girl; or if someone's husband was so arrogant that he told his wife to go back his home and no more he doesn't want her and he is going to marry other girl. How do we say such a woman/lady/girl?

She is a deserted wife.

If the husband goes off to play golf every day, she is a golf widow. If he goes of on business trips all the time, she is a business widow.

 

[Anglika]

(2) When someone's husband dies, we say widow. I wonder what do we say If someone's husband not died but he went off with some other girl; or if someone's husband was so arrogant that he told his wife to go back his home and no more he doesn't want her and he is going to marry other girl. How do we say such a woman/lady/girl?

She is a deserted wife

A grass widow is a woman whose husband is away often or for a prolonged period - as an extension, if the husband goes off to play golf every day, she is a golf widow.