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grandfather
[ gran-fah-ther, grand- ]
noun
- a forefather.
- 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)
- 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
- the father of one's father or mother
- often plural a male ancestor
- often capital a familiar term of address for an old man
- dialect.a caterpillar or woodlouse
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of grandfather1
Example Sentences
His grandson, Ashton Pittman, thanked his grandfather for all that he sacrificed.
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.
“He was alone and must have noticed that something wasn’t right,” Aiden’s grandfather, Abel Sanchez, 57, said.
I circled the ad, marched downstairs and triumphantly showed my grandfather.
"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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