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[ gran-pair-uhnt, -par-, grand- ] / ˈgrænˌpɛər ənt, -ˌpær-, ˈgrænd- /
Origin of grandparentFirst recorded in 1820–30; grand- + parent OTHER WORDS FROM grandparentgrand·pa·ren·tal [gran-puh-ren-tl, grand-], /ˌgræn pəˈrɛn tl, ˌgrænd-/, adjectivegrand·par·ent·ing, nounWords nearby grandparentGrand Ole Opry, grand opera, grandpa, grandpapa, grandpappy, grandparent, grand passion, grand penitentiary, grand piano, Grand Prairie, Grand Pré Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for grandparentAs a parent and grandparent, I can think of nothing more distressing than senseless violence against children. Latest News From the Mass Stabbing at Franklin Regional Senior High School Near Pittsburgh|The Daily Beast|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST But making the decision to take the car keys from a parent or grandparent is never an easy one. A 100-Year-Old-Driver Crashes into School Kids. Time to Take Grandpa’s Car Keys?|Jamie Reno|August 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST He looked almost as any grandparent might have looked going to join a favorite grandchild at a park bench. Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman They were all at the grandparent's house next door—a crowd of screaming people. American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 3, March, 1889|Various
"But I should like to have Joy stay with us," said Helen, the youngest, to her grandparent. Allegories of Life|Mrs. J. S. Adams Then the grandparent used to tell the man's wife or child to say so and so to the man. Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370))|James Owen Dorsey It even happens that a child resembles an uncle or a grandparent more nearly than either parent. Plain Facts for Old and Young|John Harvey Kellogg
British Dictionary definitions for grandparent/ (ˈɡrænˌpɛərənt, ˈɡrænd-) /
nounthe father or mother of either of one's parents Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to grandparentfather, sibling, mother, cousin, folk, uncle, niece, aunt, agnate, cognate, connection, blood, folks, relation, sister-in-law, stepbrother, mother-in-law, sib, stepparent, brother-in-law |