Grandmother Definition

grăndmŭthər, grăn-
noun
The mother of one's father or mother.
Webster's New World
A female ancestor.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
other
Paternal grandmother.
Wiktionary
Maternal grandmother.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Grandmother

Noun

Singular:
grandmother
Plural:
grandmothers

Origin of Grandmother

  • grand- +‎ mother

    From Wiktionary

Grandmother Sentence Examples

  • Grandmother is going to make me two new dresses.

  • Albany had to blockade Margaret in Stirling Castle before she would surrender her sons, After being obliged to capitulate, Margaret returned to Edinburgh, and being no longer responsible for the custody of the king she fled to England in September, where a month later she bore to Angus a daughter, Margaret, who afterwards became countess of Lennox, mother of Lord Darnley and grandmother of James I.

  • My grandmother and aunt Corinne are here.

  • She suffered as a child from an affection of the eyes, and was sent to France for medical treatment, residing with her grandmother, Henrietta Maria, and on the latter's death with her aunt, the duchess of Orleans, and returning to England in 1670.

  • I went to Memphis to see grandmother and Aunt Nannie.

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Words Starting With

GGRGRA

Words Ending With

RERHER

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With G11 Letter Words Ending With R