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单词 grandmother
释义 grand·moth·er
\ˈgran(d)ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, -raan-\ noun
Etymology: Middle English graundmoder (translation of Middle French grant mere), from Middle French grant grand + Middle English moder mother — more at grand, mother
1.
 a. : the mother of one's father or mother; also : foremother
 b. : an old or elderly and venerable woman
2. : a woman or something thought of as female that is the earliest or oldest in a line of similar and usually successively developing things
 < the grandmother of writers of modern verse >
 < the grandmother of all suffragettes >
 < London … is the grandmother of capitals — T.H.Fielding >
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