Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The female grandparent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal such as a horse.
- noun The mother of one's father or mother; a grandmother.
- noun An old woman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old woman; especially, a grandmother.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An old woman; specifically, a grandmother.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
grandmother - noun old lady, elderly woman
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Judith Merril was known as the grandam of science fiction and Phyllis as the mother of Canadian SF.
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"When my father told me that my grandam" ( "grandam" has a good sound always, like a great oath) "had been murdered by de Morimont of Morimont Castle, I swore that the murder should not go unavenged.
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"When my father told me that my grandam" ( "grandam" has a good sound always, like a great oath) "had been murdered by de Morimont of Morimont Castle, I swore that the murder should not go unavenged.
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"When my father told me that my grandam" ( "grandam" has a good sound always, like a great oath) "had been murdered by de Morimont of Morimont Castle, I swore that the murder should not go unavenged.
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If they put Raul in the first movie other than being a baby or a youngster in the end with grandam then I will not see the movies to damaged the integrity of the books in such a way would be horrible!
Dan Simmons's Hyperion Sci-Fi Series Being Adapted by Warner Bros « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Shahriman showed the more kindness to Julnar and honoured her with increase of honour; and the little one grew up and flourished, whilst his maternal uncle and grandam and cousins visited the King every few days and abode with him a month or two months at a time.
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He had a religious side as the miracle-working leader of a cult that believed in the transmigration of souls (that "the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird," as Shakespeare's Malvolio puts it in "Twelfth Night").
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Credibly; so grandsire, grandam alike did agree.
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Boy! it was happy for thy grandam that she loved me not.
Roundabout Papers 2006
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Credibly; so grandsire, grandam alike did agree.
Poems and Fragments 2006
madmouth commented on the word grandam
Shakespearean for 'grandmother'
April 24, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word grandam
The visuals for this are almost as interesting as the related words.
December 3, 2015
bilby commented on the word grandam
The horse Mad Nag (mis-emordnilaped after his grandam Grandam), suffering from an incurable disease and traumatised by foalhood memories of a breeder's horsepornstache, used a rare shotgun and beaten-up blue getaway car in a spate of robberies. Now an equine legend, the nostalgia of banditry means he must always be portrayed in sepia.
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December 3, 2015