# merry widow

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.
2. Veuve Clicquot champagne.

## Etymology
(corselet): Originally a 1952 trademark of the Warner's lingerie company for a product eponymous of that year film The Merry Widow, itself based on the 1905 homonymous operetta by Franz Lehár.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/merry-widow