Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A parent of one's mother or father; a grandmother or grandfather.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The parent of a parent: correlative to grandchild.
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- noun the
parent of someone's parent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a parent of your father or mother
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Examples
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I had a friend tell me that being a grandparent is the one thing in life that really is as good as everyone says.
See Baby Miles. See Baby Miles Read. Roger Sutton 2009
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"Grandparent scams": The CFA noticed new complaints last year about what it calls the "grandparent scam," where consumers receive calls or e-mails from someone claiming to be a friend or family member who is in trouble and needs help.
CNN.com 2011
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The death of a grandparent is sad but also a natural part of life.
What Do You Want To Write In Your Lifetime? Reflections on Mortality. | The Creative Penn 2010
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Because as Debby brings up, the grandparent is not impartial.
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Q: What do you call a grandparent who’s taken care of the little ones on Saturday and Sunday?
What You Don’t Know About Retirement. . . . Bill Dodds 2000
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Darwin has already pointed out that when a character of a grandparent, which is wanting in the progeny, reappears in the second generation, this quality must always be assumed to have been present though latent in the intermediate generation.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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I would never call my grandparent an alien because he did everything he could possibly do to be an American.
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Her contributions to the so-called grandparent economy are carefully considered yet generous
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Her contributions to the so-called grandparent economy are carefully considered yet generous
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Her contributions to the so-called grandparent economy are carefully considered yet generous
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