grandam
Americannoun
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a grandmother.
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an old woman.
noun
Etymology
Origin of grandam
1175–1225; Middle English gra ( u ) ndame < Old French grant dame. See grand, dame
Example Sentences
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By the Games of 2022, it may be grandam Kissling who is declaring that, say, rhythmic snow dancing does not deserve to be elevated alongside her time-honored pursuit.
From Time Magazine Archive
To many of her contemporaries Eleanor was a byword for wantonness, in Shakespeare four centuries later a "canker'd grandam"; by the time of Victoria, Charles Dickens thought it sufficient to call Eleanor "a bad woman."
From Time Magazine Archive
The grandam wagged her head approvingly; the patriarch stroked his beard with acquiescence and strong men clenched their fists as the spokesman mouthed their real or fancied wrongs.
From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison
Some grandam gave a hint of it— So cherished was it in thy race, So fine a treasure to transmit In its perfection to thy face.
From A Father of Women and other poems by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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