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Brewer's: Widow
(See Grass Widow.) Widow (in Hudibras). The relict of Aminadab Wilmer or Willmot, an Independent, slain at Edgehill.…The Merry Widow
Music: Franz Lehár Libretto: Victor Léon and Leon Stein, based on the comedy by Henri Meilhac Premiere: Vienna, December 28, 1905 Joyful music, dance and light romance have made The…black widow
(Encyclopedia) black widow, poisonous spider of the genus Latrodectus, found throughout North and South America and common in the SW United States. The name derives from the fact that the female,…The Devil's Dictionary: Widow
by Ambrose Bierce WHITEWINEWIDOW -n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked…The Widow of St. Pierre
Director:Patrice LeconteWriter:Claude FaraldoLions Gate Films; R; 108 minutesRelease:3/01Cast:Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica French director Patrice Leconte believes in…A Widow for One Year
Author:John Irving Publisher:Random House Irving's latest novel dives headlong into family dysfunction in an emotional tour-de-force that rivals The World According to Garp in…Brewer's: Hempen Widow
The widow of a man who has been hanged. (See above.) “Of a hempen widow the kid forlorn.” Ainsworth: Jack Sheppard. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Grass Widow
was anciently an unmarried woman who has had a child, but now the word is used for a wife temporarily parted from her husband. The word means a grace widow, a widow by courtesy. (In French…Brewer's: White Widow
The Duchess of Tyrconnel, wife of Richard Talbot, Lord-deputy of Ireland under James II., created Duke of Tyrconnel a little before the king's…Brewer's: Widow Bird
A corruption of Whydaw bird. So called from the country of Whydaw, in Western Africa. The blunder is perpetuated in the scientific name given to the…Trending
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