Can anyone read the attached?

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Background (feel free to jump down to the TL;DR). [My great-grandfather has proven to be quite an enigma. He was a career criminal with a convoluted background that I've spent months attempting to unravel, including apparent evidence that his dead wife emigrated to Belgium and multiple different names for his second wife. It's been a giant mess, but it means that every tiny sliver I can find might send me in the direction of the truth.

The following is taken from the Antwerp, Belgium Police Immigration Index 1840-1930. As it names my grandmother, who was born in 1922, I can further narrow it down to 1922-1930, and since my grandmother and her father immigrated from Belgium to the US in 1926, I can narrow it down further to 1922-1926. The wife listed here is not the wife who traveled to the US in 1926. To add further complication to the issue, I've recently spoken with a cousin who told me that George, my great-grandfather, was raised by his stepfather and not his birth father. There are very few things about him that I know with any degree of certainty. In addition, George ran fast and loose with dates, giving two different birth dates for his wife on US consular documents within a year. All this is to say, this is a mess.]

TL;DR: I'm trying to identify one word from the attached screenshot from the Antwerp, Belgium Police Immigration Index 1840-1930. It lists my great-grandfather's name as Reynolds, Georges Alphonse Emile [something]. It's the [something] that I'm hoping someone can read. Thank you in advance for your help!

https://imgur.com/oJSOaSR

 

WikiTree profile: George Reynolds
in Genealogy Help by Jessica Burgoyne G2G2 (2.0k points)
retagged by Ellen Smith

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Jessica,

I thought it said something like "Weduwncar".  I tried plugging that into Google Search to see if there even was such a name or word, and Google came back with "Did you mean Weduwnaar?"

So, not knowing whether I meant that or not, I let Google search for that word/name.  The results page seem to be mostly in Dutch, but at least something comes up.  Do you think that could be it?

Reba
by R. Greenup G2G6 Mach 7 (71.0k points)
selected by Jessica Burgoyne
Yes, that's it! It means 'widower', which matches what my grandmother had told me. They must have listed my great-grandmother just for informational purposes. Thank you so much.
You're welcome! I'm glad it made sense to you (since I couldn't understand it, no matter how it was spelled).

Reba
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Yes, the link works.
by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.7m points)
Sorry, I worded it ambiguously. I'm hoping someone can read one of the words included in the screenshot. Thank you for answering!
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Probably "weduwnaar", Dutch for widower.
by Living Buckner G2G6 Mach 5 (56.0k points)
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The screenshot is part of an index i can help you the content if its before 1925
by Derek Giroulle G2G6 Mach 1 (13.1k points)

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