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granny woman noun A midwife.

1812 (in 1956 Eliason Tarheel Talk 274) (Haywood Co NC) Paid Granny Judy. 1868 Carpenter Diary I 149 Pegey Wise a 75 dide [=died] oc 15 1868 she wars granny womin for contry. 1940 Haun Hawk’s Done 46 That was before I started being Granny-woman so much. 1975 Chalmers Better 52 Etta Brown is the last of these “granny-women” trained by Miss Phyllis. 2002 Ogle Remembrances 6 That’s what we were told when we asked where we had come from. “The Granny Woman brought you to us.”