Dedushka
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dedushka is a noun meaning A Russian grandfather.
Meaning
A Russian grandfather.
More Meanings
- A Russian old man.
Example Sentences
The babushki and dedushki bring the flowers in from their garden plots on the outskirts of town.
There they were, the devoted babushkas and dedushkas, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers of Bobby’s companions, lugging their bags, their bulging packages and bundles.
More than anything else, even the health of my dedushka, I dreamed that he would invite me to the sixth-grade dance.[…]If I squinted my eyes, I could see the slumping form of my dedushka, standing at the bus stop, amidst young mothers, bored siblings, and Polish nannies.
And I’m telling you that he left Nikitkin and passed by some dedushka. The [dedushka] said: “Take me where I’m going.” And he sat that dedushka [down in his cart]. And so, they drove and drove, he says, heading somewhere. Then, he says, “The dedushka got lost somewhere and I was alone. And I went everywhere.”[…]A horse is coming. On it is sitting a dedushka.
Word Forms
- dedushkas
- dedushki
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include great-grandpa, great-grandfather, grandsire, mujik, grandfather, grunkle.
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