Thesaurus: old maid
an elderly unmarried woman
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Definitions
- n. an elderly unmarried woman
- n. any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
- n. commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
- n. the loser in a game of old maid
- n. a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or ‘old maid’)