The phrase "a widower for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate the duration of time someone has been a widower, often followed by a specific time frame.
Example: "He has been a widower for five years since his wife's passing."
Alternatives: "a widower since" or "a widower for the past."
In 1968, Mr. Thurmond, then 66 and a widower for eight years, married for the second time.
The head of her husband's department, who had been a widower for many years, came back from his vacation one year with a wife.
He lost his wife young, and he was a widower for the rest of his life, so I had this idea of a great love story.
Mr Poole, who had two daughters, was long retired as a bank manager with NatWest and had been a widower for four years.
After Vera's death at the age of 96, Norman was too open to life and to new possibilities to remain a widower for long.
Twice he came near to marrying again, but in the end remained a widower for nearly 30 years, Elizabeth's ring on his watch chain.
Alan WilliaMadrid, Spain, Spain The captivating writing that pervades the quartet of Neopolitan novels by Elena Ferrante (whoever she is) has rendered me a grass widower for the last fortnight, my wife being lost to reading.
I, a widow in New York, exchanged e-mails with a widower in Baltimore for three months.
Mr. Pitt, a widower, was married for 45 years to Theodora W. Pitt.
He then displayed dramatic muscle as a gay suicidal academic in Little Miss Sunshine, and a widower who falls for his brother's girlfriend in Dan in Real Life, before settling into the mainstream for Get Smart, Date Night, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Horton Hears a Hoo, Dinner for Schmucks, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Hope Springs and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.
The official mourning period reported by key informants is a maximum 3 days for a widower and up to 4 months and 10 days for a widow.
