Grass widow

When a woman becomes a widow NOT BECAUSE HER HUSBAND DIED but due to other circumstances. Those reasons may also include a husband (and father, if kids were involved) that leaves home abandoning his wife (and child/ren) never to return. The term "grass widow" was introduced in the 1920s/30s.

For years, Katie Moreland didn't tell her only son Meredith, that his father didn't in fact die. Lane Moreland didn't want to bear the responsibility of raising a family so young, so he packed up his stuff and left, leaving Katie a grass widow.

by Babydoll75 April 2, 2019

grass widower

A man who has devorced or seperated from his wife; a man whose wife is temporarily absent.

We didn't know if he had a girlfriend, if he was single, or if he was a grass widower.

by David Horvitz March 10, 2005

grass widow

a wife whose husband abandoned without dvorcing her.

poor Mrs Wilson, she's been a grass widow since two years.

by zooba December 25, 2009