grandmother

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Just as the grandmother is able to make her granddaughter better understand the impact of the Holocaust upon one person, this book allows young readers to understand the pain suffered by one in the sea of people damaged and destroyed by the hatred at that time.

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  1. noun The mother of one's father or mother.
  2. noun A female ancestor.

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  • My father cooked for Julia Childs and my other grandmother was an accomplished fine artist who has been shown in galleries and museums in San Francisco. —  12ozPROPHET CREW BLOGS
  • "What the hell," she seemed to be saying, "If you're not already corrupt or otherwise warped by what I've allowed you to see myself, then I guess you'll be okay-either that, or watching this stuff in the presence of your grandmother will be the back-breaking straw that sends you merrily on your way to a fulfilling career as a racially motivated sex criminal." —  The House Next Door
  • With officials insisting the home she'd inherited from her grandmother was a lost cause,
  • In Washington County, Tenn. a grandmother was attacked by the family pit bull. —  MyCrimeSpace
  • The police facts also alleged the grandmother was afraid as the boy smashed a wall and overturned chairs and a dining table. —  northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star
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  1. from late Middle English graundmother; from grand + mother. Cf. French grand'mère.
 

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/ˈgrændmuð ər/
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