Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WID'OW, n. [Sax. widew; G. wittwe; D. weduwe; Dan. vidue; L. vidua; Fr. veuve; It. vedova; Sp. viuda; Sans. widhava; Russ. vdova; from the root of wide, void. See Wide.]

A woman who has lost her husband by death. Luke ii. Widow's chamber, in London, the apparel and furniture of the bed-chamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she is entitled. – Cyc.