golden girl

English

Etymology

The senior citizen sense was inspired by a 1980s TV show, The Golden Girls, about a group of friends. The show's title was inspired by the traditional senses of the term but seems also to have been a play on golden years and silver-haired.

Noun

golden girl (plural golden girls)

  1. A girl or young woman who has become unusually successful at an early age.
    Hypernym: golden child
    Coordinate terms: golden boy; see also Thesaurus:child prodigy
  2. A favored female youth, held in high esteem by others, and for whom there are high hopes.
    Hypernym: golden child
    Coordinate term: golden boy
  3. A young woman who is beautiful in a wholesome and healthy way.
    In her day, Betty Grable was the golden girl of America.
  4. (informal) An older woman, a female senior citizen.
    Coordinate terms: silver fox, platinum blonde
    Ha ha, we were teasing our mom that she's a golden girl now.
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