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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WIDOWER, n. A man who has lost his wife by death.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried [syn: widower, widowman]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English widewer, alteration of wedow widow, widower, from Old English wuduwa widower; akin to Old English wuduwe widow Date: 14th century a man who has lost his wife by death and usually has not remarried

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a man who has lost his wife by death and has not married again.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Widower Wid"ow*er, n. A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(widowers) A widower is a man whose wife has died and who has not married again. N-COUNT