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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There were the younger, twenty-somethings, too, and an occasional sixty-something grandpa who just couldn’t imagine not being a student.
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Her grandpa had been a crop-duster in his younger days, and Dyer remembers the two of them driving through the fields and pausing to crane their heads out the window when planes flew overhead, showering the earth, and Dyer, with pesticides.
—Kate Raphael, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2025
The local newspaper even published an article about Danielle and her grandpa bridging the generational gap as roommates in 2013.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 11 June 2025
The message was found while the man was redecorating the house that his grandpa shared with the poster's grandmother.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Her grandpa had been a crop-duster in his younger days, and Dyer remembers the two of them driving through the fields and pausing to crane their heads out the window when planes flew overhead, showering the earth, and Dyer, with pesticides.
—Kate Raphael, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2025
The local newspaper even published an article about Danielle and her grandpa bridging the generational gap as roommates in 2013.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 11 June 2025
The message was found while the man was redecorating the house that his grandpa shared with the poster's grandmother.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
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“Grandpa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandpa. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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