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grandam
[ gran-duhm, -dam ]
noun
- a grandmother.
- an old woman.
grandam
/ ˈɡrændeɪm; -dəm; ˈɡrændəm; -dæm /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grandam1
C13: from Anglo-French grandame, from Old French grand- + dame lady, mother
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Example Sentences
And who do you affection beside her grace your mother, and my lady your grandam, Mistress Ann?
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My grandam says the best medicines for uneasy hearts are the bitter herb confession and the sweet flower absolution.
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But what will your grandam say, and your tutor, Dominie Holiday?
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Then goes the musicker to my grandam, bidding the old Duchess rise up again one hour after she had sought her bed.
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So comes my grandam and turns the key in the padlock and looketh in over all the gallimaufrey of lights and pasties and revels.
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