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GRAN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does gran mean?

• GRAN (noun)
The noun GRAN has 1 sense:

1. the mother of your father or mother

Familiarity information: GRAN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The mother of your father or mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny

Hypernyms ("gran" is a kind of...):

grandparent (a parent of your father or mother)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gran"):

nan (your grandmother)

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