grandam

[ gran-duhm, -dam ]

noun
  1. a grandmother.

  2. an old woman.

Origin of grandam

1
1175–1225; Middle English gra(u)ndame<Old French grant dame.See grand, dame
  • Also gran·dame [gran-deym, -duhm]. /ˈgræn deɪm, -dəm/.

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How to use grandam in a sentence

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

    Constance Sherwood | Lady Georgiana Fullerton
  • My grandam says the best medicines for uneasy hearts are the bitter herb confession and the sweet flower absolution.

    Constance Sherwood | Lady Georgiana Fullerton
  • But what will your grandam say, and your tutor, Dominie Holiday?

    Kenilworth | Sir Walter Scott
  • Then goes the musicker to my grandam, bidding the old Duchess rise up again one hour after she had sought her bed.

    The Fifth Queen Crowned | Ford Madox Ford
  • So comes my grandam and turns the key in the padlock and looketh in over all the gallimaufrey of lights and pasties and revels.

    The Fifth Queen Crowned | Ford Madox Ford

British Dictionary definitions for grandam

grandam

grandame (ˈɡrændeɪm, -dəm)

/ (ˈɡrændəm, -dæm) /


noun
  1. an archaic word for grandmother

Origin of grandam

1
C13: from Anglo-French grandame, from Old French grand- + dame lady, mother

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