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Beldame   Listen
noun
Beldame, Beldam  n.  
1.
Grandmother; corresponding to belsire. "To show the beldam daughters of her daughter."
2.
An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.
Synonyms: hag, beldam, witch, crone. "Around the beldam all erect they hang."





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"Beldame" Quotes from Famous Books



... might be," said I, with a dubious accent, thinking of the heather above the myrtle and MacCailein's head on a post "Did you hear of the Macaulay beldame shot by Roderick?" ...
— John Splendid - The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn • Neil Munro
... hall. Beldam's superlatively courteous tones as of one who is ready to die to serve you, and then another voice—rather loud and sharp, but pleasant, with the sound of a laugh ...
— The Wooden Horse • Hugh Walpole
... and understand it rather better? Yes, yes, child,' says she, 'fear it not; how were we nursed ourselves? Are you sure you was nursed up by your own mother? and yet you look fat and fair, child,' says the old beldam; and with that she stroked me over the face. 'Never be concerned, child,' says she, going on in her drolling way; 'I have no murderers about me; I employ the best and the honestest nurses that can be had, and have as few children miscarry under their hands as there would if they were ...
— The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &c. • Daniel Defoe


Words linked to "Beldame" :   crone, hag


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