Meanings
noungrandsire (plural grandsires)
plural grandsires
- archaicGrandfather.
“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 - Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
- equestrianismThe sire of a sire, paternal grandfather
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Origin
- Middle Englishgraunsire
- Englishgrandsire
From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.
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grandsire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandsire
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