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gran⋅dam

  [gran-duhm, -dam]
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–noun
1. a grandmother.
2. an old woman.
Also, gran⋅dame  [gran-deym, -duhm] .

Origin:
1175–1225; ME gra(u)ndame < OF grant dame. See grand, dame
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gran·dam   (grān'dām', -dəm)   
n.  

  1. The mother of one's father or mother; a grandmother.

  2. An old woman.


[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, Fourth Edition
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