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Why is a man a 'widower'?

Asked by mrentropy (17213points) April 18th, 2010

When a woman’s husband dies, she’s a widow. When a man’s husband dies he becomes a widower.

Why a widower? The word suggests to me someone who goes around knocking off women’s husbands.

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