Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A grandfather.
- noun A father-in-law.
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- noun A
grandfather . - noun A
father-in-law . - noun obsolete A
forefather ;ancestor .
Etymologies
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From Middle English eldfader, eldefader, from Old English ealdfæder, ealdefæder ("father, grandfather, forefather, ancestor"), equivalent to eld (“old”) + father. Cognate with Scots eldfader, eldfadir ("grandfather, father-in-law"), Old Frisian aldfader, aldafeder ("grandfather").
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