a gambler who loses a bet | a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid') |
a contestant who loses the contest | an elderly unmarried woman |
a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | the loser in a game of old maid |
| commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers |
| any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads |