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gran·ny

or gran·nie  (grăn′ē)
n. pl. gran·nies
1. Informal A grandmother.
2. Informal A fussy person.
3. Southern US See granny woman.
[Short for grandmother or grandam.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.grannie - the mother of your father or mothergrannie - the mother of your father or mother
gran, grandma, grandmother, granny, nanna, nan
grandparent - a parent of your father or mother
nan - your grandmother
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