wealthy widow

collocation in English

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wealthy
adjective
uk
/ˈwel.θi/us
/ˈwel.θi/
rich:
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widow
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪd.əʊ/us
/ˈwɪd.oʊ/
a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not ...
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(Definition ofwealthyandwidowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Borrhaus was not the only young scholar who found scholarly leisure by marrying awealthywidow.
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That widow, a poor pensioner widow with nothing at all, can be living beside awealthywidow.
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In fact there may be a poor pensioner couple living next door and that couple will pay double what thewealthywidowpays.
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They are not being treated equably because the poor widow will pay exactly the same as thewealthywidow.
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He finds her there dressed as awealthywidow.
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Awealthywidowplaced her whole fortune at his disposal.
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After his first wife died in 1899, he married awealthywidowin 1909.
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Equiano is eventually sold to awealthywidowand her young son.
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Elvira is awealthywidow, concerned about the health of her son.
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His death in 1870 left her awealthywidowwith an independent income, which she used to benefit local charities and welfare work.
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Zeluco mistreats his men in an attempt to gain a promotion, but after being chastised by his superior officer, he turns his attention to awealthywidow.
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Castor was a lawyer and married to awealthywidow.
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Owens stars as awealthywidowwho falls in love with her dance instructor.
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Now a verywealthywidow, she became famous for her extravagant lifestyle, living -- it was said -- blindly according to passion, promiscuity and greed.
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He seems to have considered becoming a priest at this time, but instead he remarried, this time to awealthywidow.
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She was at the time awealthywidowwith a salon that gathered a large net of influential people in from the political, cultural, scientific and merchant world.
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Within a few months, word reached him that anotherwealthywidowin the town wanted to establish a similar school in her parish.
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The most famous incident in his life was when he was accused of using magic to gain the attentions (and fortune) of awealthywidow.
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Wealthy widows remarried less because they could live comfortably without remarrying, and may have been more concerned about retaining personal control of their property rather than submitting to coverture.
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There may, of course, be a few wealthy widows around, just as there are well-to-do people entitled to the basic state pension.
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