0 a woman who has a lot of cats, especially a woman who lives alone and is considered to be slightly strange:
Her only companions are stray cats, for whom she regularly plays the piano, and she is known in her neighborhood as the cat lady.
In more recent decades, the concept of a cat lady has been associated with romance-challenged (often career-oriented) women.
Her black cat, who is still unnamed, appears to be an elderly cat lady.
The term "crazy cat lady syndrome" draws on both stereotype and popular cultural reference.
