ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Grandsire

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Grandsire is a noun meaning Any male ancestor.

Meaning

Any male ancestor.

More Meanings

  1. Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
  2. (equestrianism) The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather
  3. (archaic) Grandfather.

Example Sentences

“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. […]"

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grandsir, great-grandpa, granddaddy, grandpappy, granddad, grand-daddy.

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