Kind of have it fairly well covered there Larry. It basically means someone who lives apart from her husband. It has several theories however of how it came about. Some think it is when rich British Lords sent their wives away to the grassy plains area where it was much cooler in the summer. Others feel it is more racy and it means basically that it was a kept woman. In Sir Thomas More's time in the mid 1500s it meant a mistress and depending on how it was used just an unmarried woman and still others a woman of a one-night stand (YIKES). Indian women were often referred to as grass widows when their men were gown foraging or fighting. The usual meaning however is basically the term used for a woman whose husband is temporarily away, be it on business, separated, working on a divorce, or just GONE :( Then she is a grass widow. That was fun. Good job !! If I meet up with any other terms I've never heard (a little hard since I've been doing genealogy actively for 45 years and interestingly for another 10. THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING