beldam
an old woman, especially an ugly one; hag.
Obsolete. grandmother.
Origin of beldam
1- Also bel·dame [bel-duhm, -deym]. /ˈbɛl dəm, -ˌdeɪm/.
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How to use beldam in a sentence
At last the beldam stopped in an out-of-the-way part of the town, before a strange-looking house.
ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands; | Hezekiah ButterworthThe beldam hurried hither and thither, and with the help of the guinea pigs and squirrels quickly made the soup.
ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands; | Hezekiah ButterworthWas the beldam an enchantress, and were these little animals children, whom she had stolen and made victims of her enchantments?
ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands; | Hezekiah ButterworthAlma Mater was to me injusta noverca; and the old beldam only gave me my M.A. degree because she could not avoid it.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. I. (of VI.) | Thomas MooreHe had a certain amount of faith in the divinations of magic, and at least it could do no harm to see what the beldam would say.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn | Evelyn Everett-Green
British Dictionary definitions for beldam
beldame
/ (ˈbɛldəm) /
archaic an old woman, esp an ugly or malicious one; hag
an obsolete word for grandmother
Origin of beldam
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