Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An old woman, especially one who is considered ugly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Grandmother: corresponding to belsire, grandfather: sometimes applied to a great-grandmother.
- noun An old woman in general, especially an ugly old woman; a hag.
- noun [A forced use of the F. belle dame.] Fair dame or lady.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.
- noun An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
beldame .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
- noun a woman of advanced age
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the book, there’s a stark difference between Other Neighbors’ apartments before and after the beldam is trying to seduce Coraline.
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Other Mom turns out to be a ferocious "beldam" who wants to entrap Coraline in this world, as she's done with other children.
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It amused Durjik to observe Tomalak ignoring the young legislator in favor of responding to the bloviations of Senator Eleret, the beldam from the Remestrel clan.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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It amused Durjik to observe Tomalak ignoring the young legislator in favor of responding to the bloviations of Senator Eleret, the beldam from the Remestrel clan.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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It amused Durjik to observe Tomalak ignoring the young legislator in favor of responding to the bloviations of Senator Eleret, the beldam from the Remestrel clan.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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It amused Durjik to observe Tomalak ignoring the young legislator in favor of responding to the bloviations of Senator Eleret, the beldam from the Remestrel clan.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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I (and JL) know that in the book Coraline tricks the beldam in to opening the door because she already has discovered the location of her parents.
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It amused Durjik to observe Tomalak ignoring the young legislator in favor of responding to the bloviations of Senator Eleret, the beldam from the Remestrel clan.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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I know Coraline was the main hero, mostly defeating the beldam in the Other World.
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It amused Durjik to observe Tomalak ignoring the young legislator in favor of responding to the bloviations of Senator Eleret, the beldam from the Remestrel clan.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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