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GRASS WIDOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grass widow mean?
• GRASS WIDOW (noun)
The noun GRASS WIDOW has 1 sense:
1. a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband
Familiarity information: GRASS WIDOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
divorcee; grass widow
Hypernyms ("grass widow" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Instance hyponyms:
Duchess of Windsor; Mrs. Simpson; Simpson; Wallis Warfield Simpson; Wallis Warfield Windsor (United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication)
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