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  • noun The wife of a man in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action).
  • noun by extension A woman whose husband has been killed in any conflict.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a woman whose husband has died in war

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