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grandam

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Noun
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gran=dam

CIDE DICTIONARY

grandamn. [F. grande, fem. of grand + dame. See Grand, and Dame.].
     An old woman; specifically, a grandmother.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

grandam, n.
1 (also grandame) archaic grandmother.
2 an old woman.
3 an ancestress.

Etymology
ME f. AF graund dame (as GRAND, DAME)

ROGET THESAURUS

grandam

Veteran

N veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard, grandfather, grandsire, grandam, gaffer, gammer, crone, pantaloon, sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian, old stager, dotard, preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr, elders, forefathers, superfluous lags the veteran on the stage.


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