Grandmother
[gran-muhth-er, grand-, gram-] /ˈgrænˌmʌð ər, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-/
noun
1.
the of one’s father or .
2.
a female ancestor.
/ˈɡrænˌmʌðə; ˈɡrænd-/
noun
1.
the mother of one’s father or mother
2.
(often pl) a female ancestor
3.
(often capital) a familiar term of address for an old woman
4.
teach one’s grandmother to suck eggs, See egg1 (sense 8)
n.
early 15c., from grand (adj.) + mother (n.1), probably on analogy of French grand-mère. Replaced earlier grandame (c.1200) and Old English ealdemodor.
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