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BELDAME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beldame mean?
• BELDAME (noun)
The noun BELDAME has 2 senses:
1. an ugly evil-looking old woman
2. a woman of advanced age
Familiarity information: BELDAME used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ugly evil-looking old woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
beldam; beldame; crone; hag; witch
Hypernyms ("beldame" is a kind of...):
old woman (a woman who is old)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A woman of advanced age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
beldam; beldame
Hypernyms ("beldame" is a kind of...):
old woman (a woman who is old)
Context examples
"I have a curiosity to hear my fortune told: therefore, Sam, order the beldame forward."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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