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grandsire

[grand-sahy^uhr]

noun

a grandfather.

Archaic.

a forefather.

an aged man.

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

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grandsire¹ (ˈɡrænˌsaɪə, ˈɡrænd-)

—n
	an archaic word for grandfather

grandsire² (ˈɡrændsə, -ˌsaɪə)

—n
	bell-ringing See method a well-established method used in change-ringing

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