granddad
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- noun
- /ˈɡrænˌdæd/
- Informal
:
abuelo
- My granddad tells the best stories about his childhood.
- Dad and granddad
- Grandma and granddad
- great-granddad
And my granddad had a lot of land.
- And my granddad had a lot of land.
- Niall James Horan derived from my granddad's name, which was Seamus.
- So I just want to start with a tribute to my granddad, Doctor John Lee.
- I've not because my granddad didn't die in my house.
- He's like his great, great granddad who was some banking billionaire.
- My granddad's Indian, my granddad came here from India.
- And my granddad would pick us up from school a lot.
- And so, you know, my granddad was a party animal.
- No, I was thinking of just asking my granddad.
- So by the time my granddad did die, I'd already cried a river.
- The old man, old man's granddad, and he's just like, heck.
- Yes, oh, unk granddad, unk dad, unk father.
- That, that poor granddad have poor man.
Examples
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I wish I had asked my granddad more questions.
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And my granddad would pick us up from school a lot.
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And my granddad had a lot of land.
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My granddad took me to a factory once.
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So I just want to start with a tribute to my granddad, Doctor John Lee.
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Her dad and my granddad were fishing buddies, I think.
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This was your granddad's favorite.
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My granddad's Indian, my granddad came here from India.
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Granddad served Old Glory in World War Number Two, and I'm still defending the red, white and blue.
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We have a photo of Granddad writing with a dip pen at a slant-top writing table.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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The father of your mother or father
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A man who is the father of your mother or father
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A parent of your mother or father
43
4.3
The father of your mother or father
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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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7.7
An older man who is your grandfather or a kind male relative
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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
How Affectionate
- Informal
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4.3
- Informal
- Informal
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Granddad comes from grand meaning 'big' or 'important' and dad meaning 'father', so a granddad is like a 'big father' — the father of your parent, which is why we also say 'grandfather'.