surviving spouse (English, noun)
expansion: surviving spouse (plural surviving spouses)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: A spouse that outlives the person to whom they are married, thereby obtaining legal rights with respect to the property of the deceased spouse.
topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: An unmarried taxpayer whose spouse has been deceased for less than two taxable years, and who provides a home for one or more dependents of the deceased.
tags: US
Forms:
form: surviving spouses
tags: plural