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grandmother
[gran-muhth-er, grand-, gram-]
noun
the mother of one's father or mother.
a female ancestor.
grandmother
/ ˈɡrænd-, ˈɡrænˌmʌðə /
noun
the mother of one's father or mother
(often plural) a female ancestor
(often capital) a familiar term of address for an old woman
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of grandmother1
Example Sentences
And her mother, father and grandmother - those who watch over her - will sleep without fear.
The men consider Bridgewater their grandmother, though she’s really their maternal grandmother’s best friend.
Tributes have been paid to a "precious" grandmother who gained millions of followers online by sharing humorous videos with her granddaughter on social media.
Petty said he’d been thinking a lot about his late grandmother over the weekend of unrest.
She’s our mother, our grandmother, our wacky aunt and the woman striking up a conversation with us in the checkout line at Kohl’s.
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When To Use
A grandmother is the mother of a person’s parent.When a mother’s child has their own children, that mother becomes a grandmother.Less commonly, grandmother can be used in a general way to refer to a female ancestor, as in This would not be possible without the contributions of those who came before us, our many grandmothers.Should grandmother be capitalized?Grandmother should be capitalized when it’s used as a proper name, as in Please tell Grandmother that I miss her. But grandmother does not need to be capitalized when it’s simply used as a way to refer to her, as in Please tell my grandmother that I miss her. Example: It doesn’t matter what you call your grandmother, as long as you call her.
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