grass widower en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From grass + widower, after grass widow.
Meanings
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A married man whose spouse is away.
She was generous with her offers to introduce Edith to various grass-widowers of her acquaintance – ‘my cast-offs’, as she laughingly referred to them […].
1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 57:"I wonder if there is a single person in the Stewartry that Campbell didn't have a row with," thought Wimsey, and made an addition to his list:— 6. John Ferguson—about 36—about 5 foot 10 inches—grass widower.
1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings:“I shall be a gay grass widower for the next two months—wife’s gone for a holiday to the West Indies.”
1914 February 25, A.T. Smith, Punch, page 146:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grass widowers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
nb gressenkemann (a married man whose wife is away) · sv gräsänkeman (a married man whose wife is away) · nn grasenkjemann (a married man whose wife is away) · hu szalmaözvegy (a married man whose wife is away) · fi kesäleski (a married man whose wife is away) · pl słomiany wdowiec (a married man whose wife is away) · nn grasenkemann (a married man whose wife is away) · de Strohwitwer (a married man whose wife is away) · sv gräsänkling (a married man whose wife is away) · da græsenkemand (a married man whose wife is away) · mk бел вдовец (a married man whose wife is away)