15
woman(noun, alone, loneliness, widow, unmarried)
15
widow(noun, alone, woman, divorce, unmarried)
11
dame(noun, alone, woman, loneliness, widow)
11
lady(noun, alone, woman, loneliness, widow)
11
matron(noun, alone, woman, loneliness, widow)
11
widow woman(noun, expression, idiom, alone, unmarried)
10
war widow(noun, alone, loneliness, unmarried, unwed)
9
matriarch(noun, woman, ruler, widow, matron)
7
adult female(noun, alone, unmarried, unwed)
5
relict(noun, divorce)
4
grandmother(noun, granny, nana, grandma, materfamilias)
3
madam
3
wife(noun, woman)
2
frow
2
gentlewoman
2
girl
2
granny(noun, nana, grandma, grandmother, grandam)
2
mistress
2
squaw
2
widower
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