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grandfather

[ gran-fah-ther, grand- ]

noun

  1. the father of one's father or mother.
  2. a forefather.
  3. the founder or originator of a family, species, type, etc.; the first of one's or its kind, or the one being longest in existence:

    the grandfather of all steam locomotives.



verb (used with object)

  1. to exempt (something or someone) from new legislation, restrictions, or requirements:

    The law grandfathered all banks already operating at the time of passage. He was grandfathered into the pension plan.

grandfather

/ ˈɡrænd-; ˈɡrænˌfɑːðə /

noun

  1. the father of one's father or mother
  2. often plural a male ancestor
  3. often capital a familiar term of address for an old man
  4. dialect.
    a caterpillar or woodlouse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of grandfather1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; grand-, father
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His grandson, Ashton Pittman, thanked his grandfather for all that he sacrificed.

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Now a woman in her mid 70s, she had never known much about her grandfather, and paid for the private test to see if it threw up anything unusual.

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“He was alone and must have noticed that something wasn’t right,” Aiden’s grandfather, Abel Sanchez, 57, said.

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I circled the ad, marched downstairs and triumphantly showed my grandfather.

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"Closing the bakery is a catastrophe because bread is the most important staple for us," said a grandfather, Abu Alaa Jaffar, looking on despairingly.

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