grandam
Archaic grandmother term
Grandam is an archaic or literary word for grandmother, or more broadly, an old woman.
The term appears in older texts and period literature: His grandam told him tales by the fire.
The word has largely fallen out of use except in historical or deliberately old-fashioned contexts.
Ancestral family member
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- foremotherFemale forebear
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
bloodline · genealogy · heritage · descendant · kinfolk · primogenitor · antecedent · begetter
Female institutional supervisor
- elderSenior figure of authority
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
guidance · mentor · influence · maternal · kinship · household · dowager · head
Old and outdated
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- vintageQuality from past eras
- literaryOf written works
Elizabethan · Shakespearean · medieval · historical · quaint · period · bygone · poetic
forebear
Ancestral family member
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- foremotherFemale forebear
- lineageDescent from progenitors
ancestry · bloodline · genealogy · heritage · descendant · kinfolk · primogenitor · antecedent · begetter · roots
matron
Female institutional supervisor
authority · guidance · mentor · influence · maternal · kinship · household · dowager · head · ruling
antiquated
Old and outdated
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- vintageQuality from past eras
literary · Elizabethan · Shakespearean · medieval · historical · quaint · period · bygone · poetic · formal
grandamgrandchild
Offspring's offspring
granddaughter · grandson · descendant · progeny · great-grandchild
- great grandmotherGrandparent's mother
- grandmother's recipe
- paternal grandmotherFather's side matriarch
- maternal grandmotherMother's female parent
- sell one's own grandmotherBetray anyone for profit
- grandmother clockMedium-height pendulum floor clock