"cat lady" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-cat lady.ogg [Australia] Forms: cat ladies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cat lady (plural cat ladies)
  1. (informal, sometimes derogatory) A woman, often elderly, who devotes her time and attention to one or usually many domestic cats. Tags: derogatory, informal, sometimes Categories (topical): Female people, Stock characters Translations (elderly lady who devotes her attention to cats): femme à chats [feminine] (French), macskás nő (Hungarian), gattara [feminine] (Italian), мачкарка (mačkarka) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-cat_lady-en-noun-COPsorxz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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