as in father
a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent
this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers
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Recent Examples of grandfather
Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer described the case as an intra-family situation involving a grandmother, a grandfather, a mother and father.
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Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
While making conversation during our first date, my now-husband Francis told me that his great-grandfather was a mosquito entomologist who had several species named after him.
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Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
1 July 2026
At best guess, Lewis Morris is Young's seventh great-grandfather.
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Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Kean’s great-grandfather was a senator, his grandfather was a congressman and his father is the former two-term governor, Tom Kean Sr.
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Mike Catalini,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
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Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
While making conversation during our first date, my now-husband Francis told me that his great-grandfather was a mosquito entomologist who had several species named after him.
—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
1 July 2026
At best guess, Lewis Morris is Young's seventh great-grandfather.
—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Kean’s great-grandfather was a senator, his grandfather was a congressman and his father is the former two-term governor, Tom Kean Sr.
—
Mike Catalini,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather
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The news of the arrest caught the attention of the family of Amy McHale, a woman who was once married to Horsch’s father and disappeared nearly 10 years ago.
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Her oldest sister, Sonia Gonzalez, said Gonzalez reminds her a lot of their father, who reinvented himself many times over the years.
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Kean comes from a long line of public servants, stretching 250 years to the country’s founding when one of his ancestors became New Jersey’s first leader since independence.
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One of these is likely the evolutionary ancestor of all that is to come.
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“Grandfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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