Definitions for grandfather
ˈgrænˌfɑ ðər, ˈgrænd-grand·fa·ther

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1. grandfather, gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpanoun

   the father of your father or mother

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1. Grandfathernoun

   a father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent

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1. Grandfather

   Grandfather is a village in Avery County, North Carolina, United States; named after Grandfather Mountain. The village is a fully gated community within Grandfather Golf and Country Club, located along NC 105. The population was 73 at the 2000 census.

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1. grandfather

   The grandfather symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the grandfather symbol and its characteristic.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'grandfather' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4826

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'grandfather' in Nouns Frequency: #2210

How to pronounce grandfather?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grandfather in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grandfather in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of grandfather in a Sentence

1. Daniel Sheahan:

   Everyone says' oh no, Thomas Dempsey're going to come out with nothing, but I'm not going to let them take what my grandfather and father and mother worked hard for.

2. Atsushi Hirano:

   My grandfather didn't really like to speak about the war. At night, he would moan in his sleep. He would scream sometimes and I assumed it was because of the war, but I always thought I couldn't ask about it and then he died six years ago. I wish I had asked him more.

3. Saint Clair Adams Sullivan:

   Our children are here to stay, but our babies and toddlers and preschoolers are gone as fast as they can grow up-and we have only a short moment with each. When you see a grandfather take a baby in his arms, you see that the moment hasn't always been long enough.

4. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   It is perfectly possible that a grandfather can have a more scientific mind than his grandchildren! Societies do not always go forward! Sometimes old generations are much luckier!

5. Chief Egunwale Amusan:

   Before this highway was built, this was a one-way rail system. The witness said that his grandfather took him up to the tracks and told him that during the massacre they brought in rail flats right here where this road goes down the middle of Oaklawn Cemetery, they built a trench, they dug a trench and dumped bodies down into the trenches, he said there had to have been an excess of 300 bodies in that one location alone.

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