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cat lady

cat lady noun: a woman, often elderly, who devotes her time and attention to one or usually many domestic cats.

Noun

cat lady (plural cat ladies)

  1. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) A woman, often elderly, who devotes her time and attention to one or usually many domestic cats.
    • Beacon Hill’s notorious cat lady was in the spotlight again yesterday after an angry confrontation with cops who say they found at least two dead felines in her freezer following a brief standoff at her Plymouth home.2009 March 19, Jessica Fargen, “Cops: Lady froze her cats again”, in Boston Herald
    • The most common is a female character. Single of course, lamenting that she can never own a cat because once you have one you won't be far away from being the cat lady of the neighborhood.2009 November, Suzanne Mullett, ABC News

Forms of cat lady

pluralcat ladies

Questions about cat lady

What does cat lady mean?
Cat lady means a woman, often elderly, who devotes her time and attention to one or usually many domestic cats.
What part of speech is cat lady?
Cat lady is a noun.
What is the plural of cat lady?
The plural of cat lady is cat ladies.

Words near cat lady in the dictionary

  1. cat in the meal-tub
  2. cat in the pan
  3. cat in the sack
  4. Cat Island
  5. cat ladies
  6. cat lady
  7. cat litter
  8. cat liver fluke
  9. cat liver flukes
  10. cat malogen
  11. cat man

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