old lady

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old lady

noun old ladies

  1. informal An elderly woman. Near-synonym: LOL

    Similar: old woman, babushka, bag, bat, beldame, biddy, bluehair, bubbe, carline, carlin, crone, gammer · Opposite: old man

  2. slang One's mother. My old lady was fond of corporal punishment.

    Similar: dam, mater, matriarch, mother, Mother, Colloquial or slang synonyms:, ma, mam, mama, mamaw, mamma, mammaw

  3. US, slang One's girlfriend, wife or female significant other. His wife was asking where their savings account balance had gone, but the way he put it was that his old lady was ragging him about his pay rate.

    Similar: girlfriend, ball and chain, better half, boss, bride, dutch, 'er indoors, frow, geezer, her indoors, lady, little woman

  4. UK, informal The Bank of England, sometimes referred to as the “Old Lady of Threadneedle Street” or simply “The Old Lady”.
  5. slang A queen. Watch out for that old lady waiting for you.

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noun informal: elderly woman

Françaisveiille, vieillarde
Ελληνικάγριά griá
Русскийстару́ха starúxa, стару́шка starúška, ба́бушка bábuška

noun one's mother

Françaisdaronne, vieille
Ελληνικάγριά griá
Русскийстару́ха starúxa, мама́ша mamáša

noun one's girlfriend, wife or significant other

中文老婆 lǎopo
Русскийба́ба bába

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@misc{old_lady_2026,
  title = {old lady},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/old%20lady},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}