grandpa
noun
grand·pa
ˈgran(d)-ˌpä 
-ˌpȯ;
ˈgram-ˌpä
-ˌpȯ
plural grandpas
informal
: the father of one's father or mother : grandfather sense 1a
This is an old photo of your grandma and grandpa.
—often used as a form of addressGrandpa, will you read me a story?
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The Disney Channel Original Movie follows two kids who help their late grandpa cross to the other side.
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
There’s also a subplot involving an elderly cancer patient, a pizza restaurant that doesn’t deliver outside of the city, and a crackpot scheme to move the city-limit sign down the highway so that Clara’s crush can get his grandpa’s favorite pie sent to their home.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Clancy Brown shows up as Miller’s dying jokester grandpa.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
During an interview on The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill, Yungblud once again recounted how his maternal grandmother — who raised Yunglud’s mom as a single mother — brought him up believing that Stewart was his grandpa.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
There’s also a subplot involving an elderly cancer patient, a pizza restaurant that doesn’t deliver outside of the city, and a crackpot scheme to move the city-limit sign down the highway so that Clara’s crush can get his grandpa’s favorite pie sent to their home.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Clancy Brown shows up as Miller’s dying jokester grandpa.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
During an interview on The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill, Yungblud once again recounted how his maternal grandmother — who raised Yunglud’s mom as a single mother — brought him up believing that Stewart was his grandpa.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Grandpa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandpa. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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