widder

See also: Widder

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdə(ɹ)

Noun

widder (plural widders)

1. (dialectal) Alternative spelling of widow
   • 1858, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 9, July, 1858‎^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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."

   • 1901, Charles W. Chesnutt, The Marrow of Tradition‎^[3]:

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

   • 1920, Marie Conway Oemler, The Purple Heights‎^[4]:

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

   • 1958, Robert W. Service, Ballads of a Bohemian‎^[5]:

     There was five of us lads from the brickyard; 'Enry was gassed at Bapome,
     Sydney was drowned in a crater, 'Erbert was 'alved by a shell;
     Joe was the pick o' the posy, might 'a bin sifely at 'ome,
     Only son of 'is mother, 'er a widder as well.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• wier, weer (western Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Old High German widar, from Proto-Germanic *wiþer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋidʌ/

Adverb

widder (not comparable)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• erem (western Moselle Franconian)
• werm (western Ripuarian)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German wieder, Dutch weer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪdɐ/

Adverb

widder (not comparable)

1. again