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BELDAM (like " belsire.," grandfather, from the Fr. bel, good, expressing relationship; cf. the Fr. belle-mere, mother-in-law, and dame, in Eng. form " dam," mother)

BELDAM (like " belsire.," grandfather, from the Fr. See also:
BEL
bel, See also:
GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)
good, expressing relationship; cf. the Fr. belle-See also:
MERE
MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)
mere, See also:
MOTHER
mother-in-See also:
LAW
LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)
law, and See also:
DAME
DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)
dame, in Eng. See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form " See also:
DAM
dam," mother) , strictly a grandmother or remote ancestress, and so an old woman; generally used contemptuously as meaning an old See also:

hag .

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