Definition of grandsire in English:
grandsire
noun ˈɡran(d)sʌɪəˈɡrændˌsaɪ(ə)r
1
archaic term for grandfather
Example sentencesExamples
- It never occurred to me that you might not realize he was your father or grandfather, or great grandsire or whatever.
- ‘Cuvee inherited his great speed from his sire, Carson City, and his grandsire, Mr. Prospector,’ Beck said.
- It was a little while after the boy's granddam and grandsire had resigned, and Greni had returned with more grumbling, but looking considerably lighter of mood, that Naoise had noted the boy's inquisitive stares.
- ‘Then you would know your great grandsires,’ he murmured in an awed voice.
- To me, you are as loved as my grandsire; not blindly feared and obeyed.
2Bell-ringing
A particular method of change-ringing involving an odd number of bells.
Definition of grandsire in US English:
grandsire
nounˈɡrandˌsī(ə)rˈɡrændˌsaɪ(ə)r
archaic term for grandfather
Example sentencesExamples
- To me, you are as loved as my grandsire; not blindly feared and obeyed.
- ‘Cuvee inherited his great speed from his sire, Carson City, and his grandsire, Mr. Prospector,’ Beck said.
- It never occurred to me that you might not realize he was your father or grandfather, or great grandsire or whatever.
- It was a little while after the boy's granddam and grandsire had resigned, and Greni had returned with more grumbling, but looking considerably lighter of mood, that Naoise had noted the boy's inquisitive stares.
- ‘Then you would know your great grandsires,’ he murmured in an awed voice.