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Beldam

Beldam Meaning & Definition
Beldam Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Beldam?

[n] a woman of advanced age
[n] an ugly evil-looking old woman

Synonyms | Synonyms for Beldam: beldame | crone | hag | witch

Related Terms | Find terms related to Beldam: bag | bat | battle-ax | beast | berserk | berserker | biddy | bitch | bitch-kitty | bomber | brute | cat | common scold | crone | dame | demon | devil | dowager | drab | dragon | fiend | firebrand | fire-eater | fishwife | frump | fury | gammer | goon | gorilla | grandam | grandmother | granny | grimalkin | gunsel | hag | hardnose | hellcat | hellhag | hellhound | hellion | hell-raiser | holy terror | hood | hoodlum | hothead | hotspur | incendiary | Jezebel | killer | mad dog | madcap | Mafioso | matriarch | matron | monster | mugger | old battle-ax | old dame | old girl | old granny | old lady | old trot | old wife | old woman | rapist | revolutionary | savage | scold | she-devil | she-wolf | shrew | siren | spitfire | termagant | terror | terrorist | tiger | tigress | tough | tough guy | trot | ugly customer | violent | virago | vixen | war-horse | wild beast | wildcat | witch | wolf | Young Turk

See Also | old woman

Beldam In Webster's Dictionary

\Bel"dam\ Beldame \Bel"dame\, n. [Pref. bel-, denoting relationship + dame mother: cf. F. belledame fair lady, It. belladonna. See {Belle}, and {Dame}.] 1. Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire. To show the beldam daughters of her daughter. --Shak. 2. An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag. Around the beldam all erect they hang. --Akenside.

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