noun
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
- teach one’s grandmother to suck eggs See egg 1 (def. 8)
early 15c., from grand (adj.) + mother (n.1), probably on analogy of French grand-mère. Replaced earlier grandame (c.1200) and Old English ealdemodor.