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oul wan

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Ireland/ˈaʊl wɒn/

oul wan is the alternative form of ould one.

Meaning of ould one

Noun

ould one (plural ould ones)

  1. (Ireland, colloquial, literally) old woman
    • The ould ones were praying in church.
  2. (Ireland, colloquial, figuratively) mother
    • Me ould one gave out to me for failing my Leaving Cert.
    Synonyms:
    mam, mammy, ma

Forms of oul wan

pluraloul wans

Questions about oul wan

What is oul wan the alternative form of?
Oul wan is the alternative form of ould one.
How do you pronounce oul wan?
Oul wan is pronounced /ˈaʊl wɒn/ (Ireland).

Words near oul wan in the dictionary

  1. oul
  2. oul fella
  3. oul fellas
  4. oul one
  5. oul ones
  6. oul wan
  7. oul wans
  8. oul'
  9. oul' fella
  10. oul' fellas
  11. oul' one

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oul wan (page history and authors); ould one (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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