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mawmaw

mawmaw is the alternative form of mamaw.

Meaning of mamaw

Noun

mamaw (plural mamaws)

  1. (UK, dialectal, Scottish lowlands) One's mother.
  2. (Southern US, US, dialectal) One's grandmother, especially one's maternal grandmother.
  3. (Southern US, US, dialectal, uncommon) One's mother.

Noun capitalized: Mawmaw

Mawmaw (plural Mawmaws)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of mawmaw.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Mawmaw.

Forms of mawmaw

pluralmawmaws
pluralMawmaws

Questions about mawmaw

What is mawmaw the alternative form of?
Mawmaw is the alternative form of mamaw.
What part of speech is mawmaw?
Mawmaw is a noun.
What is the plural of mawmaw?
The plural of mawmaw is mawmaws.

Words near mawmaw in the dictionary

  1. mawlas
  2. mawle
  3. mawles
  4. mawlid
  5. mawlids
  6. mawmaw
  7. mawmaws
  8. mawmenny
  9. mawmet
  10. mawmetries
  11. mawmetry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mawmaw (page history and authors); Mawmaw (page history and authors); mamaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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