Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The mother of one's father or mother.
- n. A female ancestor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The mother of one's father or mother: correlative to grandson, granddaughter, and grandchild.
- n. By extension, any more remote lineal female ancestor.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The mother of one's father or mother.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the mother of your father or mother
Examples
“This new grandmother was the best of chums and companions, but somehow it was hard to realize that she was really a _grandmother_.”
“Mam_, _gu_, "(" _Hei! grandmother_, _dear_, ") shouted the lad, forgetting in his trouble that his grandmother was in the form of a hare.”
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“Oh, and my grandmother is apparently passing on her super-old awesome typewriter to me.”
“Living with your grandmother is a recipe for miscommunication.”
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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.”
“Pete suspects that his grandmother is again experiencing hard times, but loves the farm too much to leave.”
“Yesterday candidate Obama, who I admire more every day, said his grandmother is a “typical white person.””
“Even the grandmother is there and joins in enthusiatically.”
“The people I know who have read them are in their 20s and even my grandmother is a fan now.”
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“The part about his grandmother is the real payoff, though: I'd say that most white people, over a certain age, have had grandmothers like that.”
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slumry Teach your grandmother to suck eggs. Aug 12, 2007
lilacs524 This word just makes me feel warm and cozy and reminiscent. Feb 23, 2007