Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The mother of one's father or mother.
- noun A female ancestor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mother of one's father or mother: correlative to grandson, granddaughter, and grandchild.
- noun By extension, any more remote lineal female ancestor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The mother of one's father or mother.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mother of someone'sparent . - noun A female ancestor or progenitor.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the mother of your father or mother
Etymologies
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Examples
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This new grandmother was the best of chums and companions, but somehow it was hard to realize that she was really a _grandmother_.
Patricia Emilia [pseud.] Elliott 1890
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Mam_, _gu_, "(" _Hei! grandmother_, _dear_, ") shouted the lad, forgetting in his trouble that his grandmother was in the form of a hare.
Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen
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Living with your grandmother is a recipe for miscommunication.
Todd Kashdan: Three Clues That CEOs or Politicans Are Lying to You Todd Kashdan 2010
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Living with your grandmother is a recipe for miscommunication.
Todd Kashdan: Three Clues That CEOs or Politicans Are Lying to You Todd Kashdan 2010
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Her mother died when she was very young, and her grandmother is also passed on after years of nurturing Dru and Dru's sixth sense.
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Living with your grandmother is a recipe for miscommunication.
Todd Kashdan: Three Clues That CEOs or Politicans Are Lying to You Todd Kashdan 2010
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Living with your grandmother is a recipe for miscommunication.
Todd Kashdan: Three Clues That CEOs or Politicans Are Lying to You Todd Kashdan 2010
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Living with your grandmother is a recipe for miscommunication.
Todd Kashdan: Three Clues That CEOs or Politicans Are Lying to You Todd Kashdan 2010
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Oh, and my grandmother is apparently passing on her super-old awesome typewriter to me.
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Living with your grandmother is a recipe for miscommunication.
Todd Kashdan: Three Clues That CEOs or Politicans Are Lying to You Todd Kashdan 2010
lilacs524 commented on the word grandmother
This word just makes me feel warm and cozy and reminiscent.
February 23, 2007
slumry commented on the word grandmother
Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
August 12, 2007