older woman
Meaning
An older woman is an adult female who is advanced in age relative to others in a given context. It often means someone middle-aged or elderly, but the exact range varies by culture and context.
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People are not used to seeing an older woman on screen, unless she's playing a character role. Why can't they make a movie about a woman who's forty-five who's falling in love or getting divorced? Why does the leading role always have to be a woman who's twenty-three or twenty-eight?
You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.
If you go to most third world countries, the older woman dispenses advice to the arguing couple while other members of the family, or even the village, sit around and listen. It is no big deal.
I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way.
(Man in bar) I like an older woman. (Sylvia) I'll pass that along.
I realized I was an attractive older woman who never wanted to settle down.