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(n)
A father of someone's parent.
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(informal) grandfather
(informal) A grandfather.
Alternative spelling of granddad. [(informal) grandfather]
A mother of someone's parent.
(informal) Grandmother.
(colloquial) A grandmother.
A parent of a grandparent; a grandparent of a parent.
A parent of a great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent and a great-grandparent of a parent.
The father of one's grandparent.
The mother of one's grandparent.
Alternative spelling of great-grandparent. [A parent of a grandparent; a grandparent of a parent.]
The father of someone's great-grandparent.
The mother of someone’s great-grandparent.
The parent of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as a common grandparent to one's children.
A great-grandparent or great-grandchild.
A friend of the same generation or age as a grandparent.
(music, plural "grands") A grand piano
Obsolete form of grandmother. [A mother of someone's parent.]
A child of someone's child.
An aunt of one's parent (i.e. a sister or sister-in-law of one's grandparent).
An uncle of one's grandparent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's great-grandparent)
An aunt of one's grandparent (i.e. a sister or sister-in-law of one's great-grandparent)
The child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild.
The daughter of someone's grandchild.
A stepgrandfather or stepgrandmother.
(colloquial, archaic or dialect) A grandparent: either a grandfather or a grandmother.
One's spouse's parent.
A great-grandfather of one's spouse.
The daughter of one's great-grandchild.
The condition of being a grandparent
An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).
(often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
Alternative spelling of great-grandfather. [The father of one's grandparent.]
A grandfather of one's spouse.
A relative who has with the other person only two great-grandparents in common, but where the parents and grandparents are different.
The identity and nature of one's grandparents.
The son of one's great-grandchild.
the child of one's son: a grandchild to whom one is the paternal grandparent
The state of being a great-grandparent.
The grandchild of one's wife or husband by a previous partner, or the child of one's stepchild.
(US, colloquial) grandparents
A grandchild of one's grandparent's first cousin.
(dialectal, now archaic) One's grandfather or forefather.
(US, informal) grandfather
(archaic) The mother of one’s own mother.
grandfather
The mother of one’s godparent.
The daughter of someone's child.
Obsolete form of grandchild. [A child of someone's child.]
Alternative form of great-grandchild. [The child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild.]
grandchild of someone’s first cousin
Alternative form of god-grandmother. [The mother of one’s godparent.]
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
(rare) A distant ancestor.
A great-grandfather.
(rare) Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent.
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
Synonym of great-aunt.
Alternative spelling of great-grandmother. [The mother of one's grandparent.]
A grandmother.
A son of one's child.
(US, colloquial) Grandparents.
Alternative form of great-aunt. [An aunt of one's parent (i.e. a sister or sister-in-law of one's grandparent).]
Alternative spelling of great-great-grandfather. [The father of someone's great-grandparent.]
A biological parent of an adopted child
Alternative spelling of granddaddy. [(informal) A grandfather.]
A child of a great-grandchild, a grandchild of a grandchild and a great-grandchild of a child.
A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
(humorous or nonstandard) A distant ancestor.
Pronunciation spelling of grandfather. [A father of someone's parent.]
the child of one's daughter: a grandchild to whom one is the maternal grandparent
A son of a grandchild.
a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
great-grandchild of someone’s first cousin
A grandmother of one's spouse.
The grandson of one's stepgrandfather's wife or stepgrandmother's husband from previous marriage, or the stepson of one's child.
The daughter of one's stepchild.
An ancestor.
A member of the baby boom generation who is a grandparent.
A sister of someone’s father.
(informal) A great-grandchild.
(dialect) grandfather
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
(UK, informal) grandmother
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
(humorous) A dog owned by one’s child (especially when the latter is adult); a dog having a status comparable to a grandchild.