grandmother
noun
grand·moth·er
ˈgran(d)-ˌmə-t͟hər 
1
: the mother of one's father or mother
2
: a female ancestor
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The substitute teacher, mother and grandmother has a bachelor’s degree in education.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Later, grandmother and granddaughter drive down a road of African palm trees, passing a lorry load of immigrants, monotonous electricity grid lines crossing the sky and workers fumigating trees, Villalobos accumulating details of a harsh contemporary world.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
My grandmother isn’t in any textbooks, but her life brims with historical significance.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
As a kid, Jeremy Frey learned how to weave natural baskets from his mother and grandmother, members of the Passamaquoddy Native-American people in Maine.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Later, grandmother and granddaughter drive down a road of African palm trees, passing a lorry load of immigrants, monotonous electricity grid lines crossing the sky and workers fumigating trees, Villalobos accumulating details of a harsh contemporary world.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
My grandmother isn’t in any textbooks, but her life brims with historical significance.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
As a kid, Jeremy Frey learned how to weave natural baskets from his mother and grandmother, members of the Passamaquoddy Native-American people in Maine.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
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grandmother
noun
grand·moth·er
ˈgran(d)-ˌmət͟h-ər
1
: the mother of one's father or mother
2
: a female ancestor
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