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Widder
Widder
widder
widder
See also: Widder
English
Noun
widder (plural widders)
- (dialectal) Alternative spelling of widow
- 1858, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 9, July, 1858:
- 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!"
- 1884, William O. Stoddard, Dab Kinzer:
- 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."
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Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German widar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋidʌ/
Adverb
widder (not comparable)
- (eastern and central dialects) again; another time; once more
- Dä Aal wor krank, ävver jetz es e widder jot drop.
- The old man was sick, but now he’s fine again.
- Dä Aal wor krank, ävver jetz es e widder jot drop.
Synonyms
- erem (western Moselle Franconian)
- werm (western Ripuarian)