Grand'Mère

[ French grahn-mer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

She had no wish to suffer, but she could not leave the good old grandmere to die alone.

Grandmere looked up from her work when they had 195 gone out.

Grandmere waited on the table for there was generally a second cooking.

Examples include peddler and peddlar, grandmere and gran'mere, Mr. de Ronville and M. de Ronville.

Mother and grandmere would stand a comparison with Mrs. Jarvis, who had the dignity and bearing of a lady.

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