half widow
n.— «Despite having more than 50,000 widows and orphans, thousands in jail, hundreds of missing youth and half widows—a term for those whose husbands are missing—we still lead a normal life.» —“It’s time for the 8:16 local again” by Khurshid UL Islam DNA (Mumbai, India) July 12, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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