grannam

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of grandam with assimilatory loss of d. Compare granfer.[1]

Noun

grannam (plural grannams)

  1. (colloquial, now archaic and British regional) A grandmother; an old woman.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “grannam, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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