old lady

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

old lady (plural old ladies)

1. (informal) An elderly woman.
2. (slang) One's mother.
3. (slang, US) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
4. 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)
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• Ligurian: vêgia f

one's mother

• Finnish: äitimuori
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• Greek: γριά (el) f (griá)

one's girlfriend, wife or significant other

• Finnish: muija (fi)
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See also

• old man