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English
Noun
war widow (plural war widows)
- The wife of a person in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action).
- Hyponym: gold star wife
- Coordinate term: war widower
- (by extension) A woman whose spouse has been killed in any conflict.
Translations
woman whose spouse has been killed in conflict
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