grandam

American  

[gran-duhm, -dam] / ˈgræn dəm, -dæm /

Also grandame

noun

1. a grandmother.

2. an old woman.

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grandam British  

/ ˈɡrændeɪm, -dəm, ˈɡrændəm, -dæm /

noun

1. an archaic word for grandmother

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Etymology

Origin of grandam

1175–1225; Middle English gra ( u ) ndame < Old French grant dame. See grand, dame

Example Sentences

"I heard my grandam calling me last night," she said; "I be going to her soon."

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"Prithee, Mistress Ann," I said, with the unmannerly boldness with which children are wont to question one another, "have you not a mother, that you live with your grandam?"

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"And who do you affection beside her grace your mother, and my lady your grandam, Mistress Ann?"

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"Nay, Mistress Ann," I cried, "but that must be a heartsease;" at which she smiled, and answered: "My grandam says the best medicines for uneasy hearts are the bitter herb confession and the sweet flower absolution."

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"It was nurse told me I was to marry my Lord William, and Madge my Lord Thomas, and thee, Nan, my Lord Surrey, and brother pretty Meg Howard," said the little lady, pouting; "but I won't tell grandam of it an it would be like to make her angry."

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