widder

name

1. A surname from German.

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, dialectal)Alternative spelling of widow.

   “At the sewing- society the matter was fully discussed. Mrs. Greenfield, the doctor's wife, admitted that it would be an excellent match, "jest a child apiece, both on 'em well brought up, used to good company, and all that; but, land's sakes! he, with his mint o' money, a'n't a-goin' to marry a poor widder that ha'n't got nothin' but her husband's pictur' and her boy,--not he!"”

   “And then, before the public mind had become sufficiently settled to inquire into the matter, the rumor changed itself into a piece of positive news:-- "The widder Kinzer's moved over into Ham's house, bag and baggage."”

   “She wuz a widder fer de secon' time, an' didn' have no child'en, an' could jes' as well come as not. "”

   “I wouldn't like the missus to be a widder: she's too darn good-lookin'."”