old lady
Americannoun
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a mother, usually one's own.
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a wife.
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a girlfriend or female lover, especially a female lover with whom one cohabits.
noun
Etymology
Origin of old lady
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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"One old lady pays me with a pint mug of tea and two slices of toast".
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Read on: Want to be a rich old lady?
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
To this, Oliver sarcastically replies, “No one needs your 17th-century old lady food and outdated social rules.”
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025
"A taxi driver said: 'look, your old lady is coming up there.' I told her: 'don't move from there, I'm jumping in right now.' ... I swam out that way."
From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025
They repeated the ritual, and Thorn turned into an adorable old lady, resembling Grandma Lilou down to the shiny silvery hair.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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