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外祖母 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crone noun An old woman, especially one seen as withered, unpleasant, or witch-like.
  • grandmother noun The mother of one's mother or father.

Senses

外祖母 is used for these senses in English:

  • crone (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
  • grandmother A mother of someone's parent.
  • maternal grandmother Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

crone — full definition

  1. noun An old woman, especially one seen as withered, unpleasant, or witch-like.
  2. noun In Wiccan and folklore tradition, the archetype of an old, wise woman, one of the three aspects of the Goddess.

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