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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 > |