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noun
- 1. an elderly female person.
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OLD WOMAN definition: 1. a man who worries about matters and details that are not important: 2. a man who worries about…. Learn more.
Define old woman. old woman synonyms, old woman pronunciation, old woman translation, English dictionary definition of old woman. n 1. an informal term for mother1, wife1 2. a timid, fussy, or cautious person ˌold-ˈwomanish adj Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th...
Definition of old woman noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you refer to someone as an old woman, you are critical of them because you think they are too anxious about things. [ informal , disapproval ] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .
What does the noun old woman mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun old woman, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the noun old woman? About 8 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
If you refer to someone as an old woman, you are critical of them because you think they are too anxious about things.
1. a. : wife not often in formal use. b. : mother not often in formal use. 2. chiefly dialectal : beach wormwood. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.
