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Word entry · 11 letters

grandmother

Best crossword clue

"Older female ancestor"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/Part of speech nounSorted adeghmnorrtStarts with GEnds with R2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the mother of your father or mother

Word origin

From Middle English graundmodre, grauntmoder, granmoder; equivalent to grand- + mother. Compare French grand-mère. Superseded earlier eldmother, eldermother.

Used in a sentence

  • […] man may admit that his grandfathers and grandmothers were mon[keys a]nd monkeyesses if he want^([sic]) to; that is his privilege.
  • "It's a nightingale floor," our grandmother told us. "It warns us of thieves in the night."
  • Viral YouTuber and grandmother Shirley Curry, better known as ‘Skyrim Grandma’ is finally playing another Bethesda RPG after nine years.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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