Meanings
nounbeldam (plural beldams)
plural beldams
- alternativeAlternative spelling of beldame.
Had Pyrrhus not fallen by a beldam's hand in Argos or Julius Caesar not been knifed to death? They are not to be thought away.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 2: Nestor]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 25
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APA
beldam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beldam
MLA
“beldam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beldam. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beldam,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beldam.
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