Co-grandmother

Quick meaning: Co-grandmother is a noun meaning the mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandmother of their children; the relationship between women who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandmother vis-à-vis paternal grandmother.

Meaning

the mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandmother of their children; the relationship between women who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandmother vis-à-vis paternal grandmother.

Example Sentences

A Canadian grandmother's essay about essentially crashing her daughter-in-law's birth […] Rhona Bennett writes of […] hopping a train to Montreal, and (in cahoots with her co-grandmother) bum-rushing the hospital […] The two bubbies called the hospital […] and naturally were rebuffed, so off they went, in search of information, affirmation, and a grandbaby.

Talk to enough grandparents and one thing becomes clear: Because she's closer to the mother of the children, the maternal grandmother generally has a slight advantage. Or, as Audrey Berson […] put it: "She's my daughter, so I have the edge." Even so, Berson's co-grandmother works in the same town as the grandkids, and she sometimes meets the bus after school. "It bothers me," Berson said. "I wish it were me."

Word Forms

• co-grandmothers

Synonyms for co-grandmother

Depending on context, synonyms include co-mother-in-law.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include co-grandfather, co-grandparent, great-grandmother, co-mother-in-law, grandmother, grandmother-in-law.

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