What is another word for old dame?

Pronunciation: [ˈə͡ʊld dˈe͡ɪm] (IPA)

The term "old dame" refers to an elderly woman, but there are many other synonyms that can be used to refer to someone of similar age or characteristics. These synonyms include: senior citizen, elderly lady, gray-haired woman, mature woman, seasoned citizen, aged woman, elder lady, wise woman, veteran female, and elder stateswoman. Each of these phrases conveys respect and dignity toward women who have lived long and gained wisdom through their experiences. While "old dame" may feel dated and somewhat derogatory, these synonyms help to embrace the aging process and celebrate the women who have lived through it.

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What are the hypernyms for Old dame?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Old dame

  • oh i should worry and fret death and i will coquette there s a dance in the old dame yet toujours gai toujours gai
    Don Marquis
  • "Oh, Richard!" exclaimed she, on one occasion, "if you would but dismiss such gloomy subjects from your mind, you would live as long as any of us; at least you would live to see the girls married, and yourself a happy grandfather, with a canty old dame for your companion."
    Anne Brontë
  • Great Britain is certainly suspect to Americans. They cannot make head or tail of her. She is a stuck-up old girl who owes a lot of money - an odd thing for such a highly respectable old lady to do. She is rather flighty, which is alarming in one so old - she never seems quite serious, that is - goes into giggles all of a sudden, or smiles enigmatically, if politely. She seems to the average American slightly phoney. Let us face up to that. She has many habits which baffle and put one on one's guard - the curious way she has of speaking English with a foreign accent, for instance. Then she must be the most quarrelsome old dame which ever stepped: always - umbrella in hand - getting into scraps with her neighbours, and spitting at them over the garden wall.
    Wyndham Lewis

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