old lady

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Noun

old lady (plural old ladies)

(informal) An elderly woman.
(slang) One's mother.
(slang, US) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
The Bank of England, sometimes referred to as the "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" or simply "The Old Lady". (see: Bank of England on Wikipedia)

Synonyms

old woman (1) - see Thesaurus:old woman
girlfriend (3) - see Thesaurus:girlfriend
wife (3) - see Thesaurus:wife

Translations

informal: elderly woman

Azerbaijani: qarı
Finnish: vanha rouva (respectfully); muija (fi), ämmä (fi) (less so); vanhempi naishenkilö (of a stranger)
Greek: γριά (el) f (griá)

Ligurian: vêgia f

one's mother

Finnish: äitimuori

Greek: γριά (el) f (griá)

one's girlfriend, wife or significant other

Finnish: muija (fi)

See also

old man

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