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Definition of war widow in English: war widownoun A woman whose husband has been killed in war. Example sentencesExamples - She had her own pension from the Ministry of Defence as a war widow as well as a state pension.
- A British war widow can expect £26,750 if her husband is killed in action; her US equivalent will get £175,000, and double the monthly payments of her British counterpart.
- A Vietnam war widow has made an emotional appeal for help after burglars stole her late husband's medals and the birth certificate of their dead baby daughter.
- In her letter, Mrs Goodrick said: ‘I am a still-grieving war widow whose husband was mown down by a German Panzer division in the Normandy landings in June, 1944.’
- Evening Press readers are rallying round a war widow who was robbed of her life savings by a heartless conwoman.
Definition of war widow in US English: war widownoun A woman whose spouse has been killed in war. Example sentencesExamples - In her letter, Mrs Goodrick said: ‘I am a still-grieving war widow whose husband was mown down by a German Panzer division in the Normandy landings in June, 1944.’
- She had her own pension from the Ministry of Defence as a war widow as well as a state pension.
- Evening Press readers are rallying round a war widow who was robbed of her life savings by a heartless conwoman.
- A Vietnam war widow has made an emotional appeal for help after burglars stole her late husband's medals and the birth certificate of their dead baby daughter.
- A British war widow can expect £26,750 if her husband is killed in action; her US equivalent will get £175,000, and double the monthly payments of her British counterpart.
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