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old lady

NOUN
an old woman
Synonyms
STRONGEST
granny old woman
WEAK
old dame old maid
NOUN
a wife or female lover
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bride lover spouse wife

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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To this, Oliver sarcastically replies, “No one needs your 17th-century old lady food and outdated social rules.”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

"Yes, I would love to go on a mission someday. When I'm an old lady, maybe I'll get a chance to go back in space."

From BBC • Oct. 20, 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

The plank across the ditch had split under the weight of a real big, real old lady.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck