Usually means: Old woman, often considered witch.
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  1. beldame: Merriam-Webster
  2. beldame: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beldame: Collins English Dictionary
  4. beldame: Vocabulary.com
  5. Beldame, beldame: Wordnik
  6. beldame: Wiktionary
  7. beldame: Dictionary.com
  8. Beldame: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Beldame: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. beldame: Rhymezone
  11. Beldame: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. beldame: FreeDictionary.org
  13. beldame: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. beldame: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (beldame)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) A grandmother.
▸ noun:  (now archaic) An old woman, particularly an ugly one.

Similar:
beldam, crone, witch, hag, granny, belsire, eldmother, grandam, grandame, grandma, more...

Opposite:
young woman, maiden, lass, miss

Adjectives:
old, withered, ancient, wrinkled, sempiternal, aged, malignant, troublesome, next, malicious, decrepit

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Similar:
beldam, crone, witch, hag, granny, belsire, eldmother, grandam, grandame, grandma, more...

Opposite:
young woman, maiden, lass, miss

Adjectives:
old, withered, ancient, wrinkled, sempiternal, aged, malignant, troublesome, next, malicious, decrepit



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