grandpappy
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈɡrænˌpæpi/
- Informal
:
abuelito
- My grandpappy fought with Washington.
- grandpappy used to say
- great-grandpappy
Examples
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My grandpappy taught me how to fish when I was just a little kid.
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After talking things over with Zane, we've decided to put our halves of the gold together and make one big camp, just like Grandpappy Obadiah would have wanted.
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I knew your daddy and your grandpappy when they were alive.
Fiction book (1999) -
"My grandpappy spoke of hearing them.
Fiction book (1991) -
I knew my grandmother, though Grandpappy Jones died in a railroad accident long before I was born.
Fiction book (1997) -
My grandpappy bought this land in 1902.
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When I see that Martin Luther King on the television, I think of my Grandpappy Jones and wonder what he might have done in the fullness of life.
Fiction book (1997) -
Some of the congregation thought she was a fool for letting Jefferson go into the white man's army, but she just told them that her own grandpappy had fought in Mr. Lincoln's army, and she was mighty proud of it.
Fiction book (1992) -
I loved listening to stories from my grandpappy about his adventures during the war.
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Whenever I visited, my grandpappy would share his wisdom about life and hard work.
Synonyms
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1.0
The father of your mother or father
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1.0
A man who is the father of your mother or father
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9.0
A father or grandfather someone calls in a loving way
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1.0
An older man who is the father of your mother or father
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4.3
The father of your mother or father
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8.5
A warm word some families use for father or grandfather
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8.1
An informal, loving name for a grandfather
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5.0
An older man who is the parent of one of your parents
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7.9
A casual name people use for their grandfather
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8.1
An informal loving name for your grandfather
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3.0
A loving name a child uses for their grandfather
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6.7
An old man used as a friendly name for your grandfather or another older man
A familiar loving name a child uses for their grandfather
A loving nickname for a child's grandfather or sometimes father
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grandpappy comes from grand ('older' or 'great') plus pappy (from papa, 'dad'), so it feels like a warm, childlike way to say 'grandfather' and is used as a friendly name for an elderly male family member.