GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABUELA in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandmother; generally, an elderly woman; also, a familiar title or form of address → 1836
► ABUELITA in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandmother; generally, an elderly woman; also, a familiar title or form of address → 1937
► AULD-MITHER grandmother → 1911 Sc.
► AUNT a grandmother → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk)
► AUNT GRANDMOTHER a grandmother → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk)
► BABA in Russia & other parts of Eastern Europe, & among people of Eastern European descent: a peasant woman; an old woman; a grandmother → 1882
► BABALO-DYE ► BABELO-DYE a grandmother → 1890 gypsy usage (Bk)
► BABAN a grandmother → 1972 Amer. dial.
► BABUSHKA in Russia: a grandmother; more generally: an elderly Russian woman; also used as a form of address → 1834
► BAH-MA ► BAMMA a grandmother → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BAWBE ► BAWBEE a wise and compassionate grandmother → 1982 Amer. dial.
► BELDAM ► BELDAME 1. a father or mother’s mother; a grandmother → c1440 obs.
2. a great-grandmother, or still remote ancestress → 1679 obs.
► BELLE-DAME an old term for a grandmother → 1881 (Bk)
► BIG MAMA ► BIG MAMMA ► BIG MOTHER one’s grandmother → 1946 Amer. dial.
► BIG NANA one’s grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BILEDAME a great-grandmother → 1825 Sc.
► BOBBY a grandmother; also used as a term of address → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BUBBA ► BUBBE a grandmother; also used as a term of address → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BUSHA ► BUSHI a grandmother → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ELDMOTHER a grandmother; a mother-in-law; a stepmother → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GAMAR an old woman; a grandmother; the mistress of the house, good-wife; also used as a term of address → 1777 Eng. dial.
► GAMMER an old woman; later, a grandmother, or other old female close relative; also, a form of address, and a title preceding a name → 1575 chiefly Eng. dial. usage
► GAMMY a grandmother → 1873 Eng. dial.
► GANNY a child’s word for a grandmother → 1869 Eng. dial.
► GLAM-MA a glamorous grandmother, esp. one who is relatively young or fashion-conscious; also, a form of address → 2003 colloq., orig. US
► G-MA a grandmother → 1990s US sl.
► GOMMER an old woman; a grandmother → 1777 Eng. dial.
► GRAMMA grandmother → 1922 Amer. dial.
► GRAMMER a grandmother; an old woman → 1746 Eng. dial.
► GRAMMY a grandmother → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRAN a grandmother → 1863 sl.
► GRANDAM ► GRANDAME a grandmother → 1774 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GRANDMA a grandmother → 1867 sl.
► GRANDMA’AM grandmother → 1907 Amer. dial.
► GRANDMAMMY grandmother → 1922 Amer. dial.
► GRANDMOMMA ► GRANMAMMA grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GRANDY a grandmother → 1747 Eng. dial.
► GRANNY a grandmother → 1663 sl.
► GREAT-GRANDAME a great grandmother → 1538 obs.
► GUDAME a grandmother → 1773 Sc.
► GUIDAME a good-dame, a grandmother → 1596 Sc.
► GUMMER a grandmother → 20C US sl.
► LITTLE MAMMA a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LUCKY an elderly woman; a grandmother; also, a woman of any age, esp. a wife or mistress → 1629 Sc.
► LUCKY-MINNIE a grandmother → 1755 Sc.
► MA a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MAM a grandmother → 1576
► MA-MA ► MAMMA ► MAM-MA ► MOMMA a grandmother or great-grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MA-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother → c1960 Amer. dial.
► MAM-MAM a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MAMMA-TWO a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MAM-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother → 1942 Amer. dial.
► MAMMERE a grandmother → 1994 Amer. dial.
► MAMMY a grandmother → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MA-MOM a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MAW-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MAY-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEE-MAMMA a grandmother → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MEE-MAW a grandmother → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MEE-MEE a grandmother; rarely, a mother → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MEE-MO a grandmother → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MÉMÈRE a grandmother → 1961 Amer. dial.
► MÈRE a grandmother → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MIMA ► MIMAW a grandmother → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MIMI ► MIMMY a grandmother; rarely, a mother → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MIMO a grandmother → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MINNIE a grandmother → 1903 Sc. (Bk)
► MOM a grandmother → 1941 Amer. dial.
► MOMIE a child’s name for grandmother → 1947 Sc.
► MOM-MOM a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MOMMY a grandmother → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MUZZY grandmother → 1967 Amer. dial.
► NAN a grandmother → 1940 sl.
► NANA ► NANNA a grandmother; rarely, an aunt; also, used as a term of address → 1844
► NAN-NAN a grandmother → 1959 sl.
► NANNIE ► NANNY a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address → 1941 Amer. dial.
► NANNO a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NANU a grandfather or grandmother; also, a term of address → 1969 Amer. dial.
► NIN a grandmother → 1958 sl.
► OLD MA ► OLD MAMMA one’s grandmother → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OLD MOM one’s grandmother → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OMA one’s grandmother → 1962 Amer. dial.
► TUTU a grandparent, esp. a grandmother → 1938 Hawaii