noun
Meaning 1
A married man whose spouse is away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
grass widower
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noun
Meaning 2
a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divorced man
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: man, adult male
History
Etymology
From grass + widower, after grass widow.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: græsenkemand — a married man whose wife is away
- Finnish: kesäleski — a married man whose wife is away
- German: Strohwitwer — a married man whose wife is away
- Hungarian: szalmaözvegy — a married man whose wife is away
- Macedonian: бел вдовец (bel vdovec) — a married man whose wife is away
- Norwegian Bokmål: gressenkemann — a married man whose wife is away
- Norwegian Nynorsk: grasenkemann — a married man whose wife is away
- Norwegian Nynorsk: grasenkjemann — a married man whose wife is away
- Polish: słomiany wdowiec — a married man whose wife is away
- Swedish: gräsänkling — a married man whose wife is away
- Swedish: gräsänkeman — a married man whose wife is away