war widow

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Noun[edit]

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[edit]

woman whose spouse has been killed in conflict

Dutch: oorlogsweduwe (nl) f
Finnish: sotaleski (fi)
French: veuve de guerre (fr) f
German: Kriegswitwe f
Hungarian: hadiözvegy (hu)
Polish: wdowa wojenna f

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