"grandmammy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grandmammies [plural]
Etymology: grand- + mammy Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|grand|mammy}} grand- + mammy Head templates: {{en-noun}} grandmammy (plural grandmammies)
  1. (informal) Grandmother. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-grandmammy-en-noun-rsIf3yl7
  2. (informal) Synonym of granddaddy (“something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind”) Tags: informal Categories (topical): Female family members Synonyms: granddaddy [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-grandmammy-en-noun-2RpxOpFZ Disambiguation of Female family members: 20 80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with grand- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with grand-: 27 73

Inflected forms

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