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Definition of Grandfather
1. Noun. The father of your father or mother.
Definition of Grandfather
1. n. A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Definition of Grandfather
1. Noun. a father of someone’s parent: ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) a male forefather ¹
3. Verb. To retain existing laws or rules only for those people or organisations that were previously affected by them, and apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organisations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grandfather
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Grandfather
1.
A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandfather
Literary usage of Grandfather
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One-act Plays by Modern Authors by Helen Louise Cohen (1921)
"THE grandfather. You must not try to deceive me; I know what I know. ... There are
six of us round the table, grandfather. THE grandfather. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"He rapidly exhausted his interests under the will of his grandfather, and soon
had those interests, which were chiefly in lands ..."
3. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1907)
"The grandfather of the present duke therefore was Hugh Lupus, first Duke, who
was also third Marquis of Westminster, fourth Earl, Viscount and Baron ..."
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