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eldmothers

eldmothers is the plural of eldmother.

Meaning of eldmother

Noun

eldmother (plural eldmothers)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law.
    • Item I gyve vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke and a read petticote and a smoke.1571 November 5, John Heworth of Gatisheid, Will, in Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham (1835)

Questions about eldmothers

What is eldmothers the plural of?
Eldmothers is the plural of eldmother.

Words near eldmothers in the dictionary

  1. eldfathers
  2. eldfellite
  3. elding
  4. Eldings
  5. eldmother
  6. eldmothers
  7. eldning
  8. Eldomery-Sutton syndrome
  9. Eldon
  10. Eldonian
  11. Eldonians

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