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co-grandmother

co-grandmother noun: the mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandmother of their children; the relationship between women who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandmother vis-à-vis paternal grandmother.

Noun

co-grandmother (plural co-grandmothers)

  1. the mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandmother of their children; the relationship between women who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandmother vis-à-vis paternal grandmother.
    • Talk to enough grandparents and one thing becomes clear: Because she's closer to the mother of the children, the maternal grandmother generally has a slight advantage. Or, as Audrey Berson […] put it: "She's my daughter, so I have the edge." Even so, Berson's co-grandmother works in the same town...2009 May 19, Beth Teitell, “Horns Come Out When Grandparents Envy Each Other”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2009, page B7
    • A Canadian grandmother's essay about essentially crashing her daughter-in-law's birth […] Rhona Bennett writes of […] hopping a train to Montreal, and (in cahoots with her co-grandmother) bum-rushing the hospital […] The two bubbies called the hospital […] and naturally were rebuffed, so off they...2008 December 2, Kate Tuttle, “A Grandmother's Right? Or Totally Obnoxious?”, in Strollerderby

Synonyms of co-grandmother

Forms of co-grandmother

pluralco-grandmothers

Origin of co-grandmother

* co- + grandmother

Questions about co-grandmother

What does co-grandmother mean?
Co-grandmother means the mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandmother of their children; the relationship between women who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandmother vis-à-vis paternal grandmother.
What part of speech is co-grandmother?
Co-grandmother is a noun.
What is the plural of co-grandmother?
The plural of co-grandmother is co-grandmothers.

Words near co-grandmother in the dictionary

  1. co-fusion
  2. co-genetic
  3. co-governance
  4. co-grandfather
  5. co-grandfathers
  6. co-grandmother
  7. co-grandmothers
  8. co-grandparent
  9. co-grandparents
  10. co-host
  11. co-hosted

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