old girls
Former female students
Old girls is chiefly British for alumnae of a school, particularly a private or boarding school: The old girls gathered for their annual reunion.
The term parallels "old boys" for male graduates.
It can also refer affectionately to older women, sometimes patronizingly: The old girls at the nursing home played cards every afternoon.
- peersThose of equal status
- class ofBelonging to a graduating group
- school reunionFormer classmates gathering years later
- classmatesStudents in same course
- matronsMarried women of standing
reunion · matures · institution · sisterhood · alma mater · dames · graduates · womenfolk · ladies · madams · education · matriarchs · legacy · retirees · crones · woman · school ties · gentlewomen
- boarding schoolsboarding school, boarding house, dormitory, dormitories, dorm
- girls' boarding schoolsdormitories, dorms, uniforms, headmistress, house system
alumni status
old girlspupils
Students or eye openings
schoolgirls · freshers · matriculants · undergraduates · underclassmen
old, girl, older, oldest, olden, elder, eldest, girls, girlish