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grand·mother (gran′mut̸h′ər, grand′-, gra′-)

noun

  1. the mother of one's father or mother: also a term of respectful familiarity to any elderly woman
  2. a female ancestor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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