- a grandmother
- an old woman
Origin of grandam
Middle English grandame from Anglo-French graund dame: see grand- and dameAlso sp. gran′dame·
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grandam
noun
- The female grandparent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal such as a horse.
- also gran·dame Archaic a. The mother of one's father or mother; a grandmother.b. An old woman.
Origin of grandam
Middle English grandame from Old French dame-grant dame lady ; see dame . grand, grant great ; see grand .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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