grandsire

[ grand-sahyuhr ]

noun
  1. a grandfather.

  2. Archaic.

    • a forefather.

    • an aged man.

Origin of grandsire

1
1250–1300; Middle English graunt-sire<Anglo-French. See grand-, sire

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British Dictionary definitions for grandsire (1 of 2)

grandsire1

/ (ˈɡrænˌsaɪə, ˈɡrænd-) /


noun
  1. an archaic word for grandfather

British Dictionary definitions for grandsire (2 of 2)

grandsire2

/ (ˈɡrændsə, -ˌsaɪə) /


noun
  1. bell-ringing a well-established method used in change-ringing: See method (def. 4)

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