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grandam
OXFORD DICTIONARY
grandam, n.
1 (also grandame) archaic grandmother.
2 an old woman.
3 an ancestress.
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.For further exploring for "grandam" in Webster Dictionary Online