grandsire
nounEtymology From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.
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Archaic Grandfather.
- “I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]"1956, C. S. Lewis, chapter 5, in The Last Battle, Collins, published 1998:
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Any male ancestor.
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Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
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Equestrianism, Hobbies, Horses, Lifestyle, Pets, Sports The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather