An old woman. In later use (also): a person who tells old wives' tales. (Formerly sometimes as one word.) Now usually derogatory.

A woman who is old; a woman who is past middle age.

An old woman; usually disparaging: an old beldame, a hag.

A woman, esp. an old one; often implying contempt or disparagement, like carl, n.1 2.

A withered old woman.

An old woman.

An old woman, a crone.

depreciative. An old or ugly woman, esp. one who is malicious or immoral. Also as a more general term of abuse for a woman.

A disparaging or abusive term for: an old woman, a crone; (hence) a procuress, bawd, or brothel keeper. Cf. rebeck, n.1 Obsolete (archaic in later…

An old or (perhaps) talkative woman. Obsolete.

misreading in some editions of trate, early northern form of trot, n.2, old woman.

As a term of abuse or contempt for a woman, esp. one regarded as old, malevolent, or unattractive. Cf. hag, n.1 2a.

An old woman; a hag.

A disobliging woman.

A woman of an age befitting a grandmother; an old woman. Now archaic.

A grandmother. Also: an old woman. Frequently as a form of address.

An elderly woman; a woman who is past middle age.

An aged woman, a matron of advanced years. (In 16th cent. used in addressing nurses.)

An elderly woman; spec. a grandmother. Also: a woman of any age, esp. a wife or mistress. Frequently in familiar or humorous use. Now rare.

Frequently as a form of address and prefixed to a personal name. An old woman; (also) a gossip. Also figurative.

The wife of a patriarch; a woman with the role of a patriarch.

figurative. An old person (typically a woman), esp. one who is ill-tempered or disagreeable. Now British regional (chiefly Scottish) and Irish English…

A haggard old woman; a vixen; ‘a decayed strumpet’ (Johnson): usually a term of vituperation.

A name given to a cat; hence, a cat, esp. an old she-cat; contemptuously applied to a jealous or imperious old woman.

In more general senses (originally in African-American usage). U.S. and Caribbean colloquial. As a title for or form of address to a woman, esp. an…

An aunt; also, an older woman who stands in a close relationship. Frequently prefixed to a proper name or as a form of address.

Chiefly Scottish. A woman, esp. a small woman. Also (often depreciative): a middle-aged or elderly woman, esp. a plain-looking or dowdy one. Cf. wife…

= ma, n.3 1. Cf. paw, n.3

An old person, esp. a woman; used esp. with connotations of physical or mental frailty. Frequently with descriptive modifier.

South African. With pronunciation/ˈtantə/. Also Tant (usually preceding a proper name which begins with a vowel), tanta = sense 1 above. Also more…

A stout, untidy, or awkward-looking woman or girl.

A dowager.

colloquial. An elderly lady of dignified demeanour.

a female veteran.

slang. a derogatory term for an old woman; cf. trot, n.2

An elderly woman.

slang (originally U.S.). A disparaging term for a woman; (originally) a sexually promiscuous woman; (later) an unattractive or elderly woman; = b…

slang. A derogatory name for a girl or woman, esp. one who is old or ugly; frequently in old crow.

Mother, ‘mummy’. Chiefly as a form of address. Also used as a form of address to (or informal title for) a middle-aged or elderly woman other than…

a thin girl or woman; (also) any elderly woman.

= bag, n. 17.

a woman; a wife.

An informal mode of address used to an aunt or any older woman. Also transferred.

An elderly woman.