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Definition of Beldam

Beldam
Beldam 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.

Meaning of Beldam from wikipedia

- Look up beldam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Beldam may refer to: The Beldam, the main antagonist of Neil Gaiman's dark fantasy novella Coraline...
- meets three ghost children, each from a different era, who had let the "Beldam" (the Other Mother) sew buttons in their eyes. They tell her how she eventually...
- Rex Bell (born George Francis Beldam; October 16, 1903 – July 4, 1962) was an American actor and politician. Bell primarily appeared in Western films during...
- William Beldam (1 May 1868 – 23 November 1937) was an English first-class cricketer and a pioneer of action photography in sport. George Beldam was the...
- ghost children, the Beldam will set them all free; if not, she will stay and allow the Beldam to sew the buttons on her eyes. The Beldam reveals that each...
- Sir Alexander Roy Asplin Beldam, PC (29 March 1925 – 16 October 2020) was a British judge who served as Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales from...
- Cyril Asplan Beldam (15 October 1869 – 7 September 1940) was an English first-class cricketer active 1894–1900 who pla**** for Middle****. A brother of George...
- part of her storyline as intentional misgendering from her eldest sister Beldam is a central part of the abuse that eventually leads Vivian to side with...
- Joseph Beldam (26 December 1795 – 6 June 1866) was an English writer, historian and advocate of the abolition of slavery. Beldam was born at Shepreth...
- Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Mel Jones and the Beldam in Coraline (2009) and Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives...