beldame /ˈbɛldəm/ noun2 •(no longer used) An old woman, particularly an ugly one.Justice is an old hobbling beldame, and I can't get her to keep pace with Generosity, for the soul of me. — 1777 •(no longer used) A grandmother.There he was welcom'd of that honest syre, / And of his aged Beldame homely well; / Who him besought himselfe to disattyre, / And rest himselfe, till supper time befell. — 1596 formsbeldames