Grandma
[gran-mah, -maw, grand-, gram-, gram-muh] /ˈgrænˌmɑ, -ˌmɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm mə/
noun, Informal.
1.
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/ˈɡrænˌmɑː; ˈɡrænd-; ˈɡræm-/
noun
1.
informal words for grandmother
n.
1793, childish or familiar form of grandmother (see ma). Grandmama is recorded from 1749.
noun
[the second sense’s date must be much earlier]
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