as in fathers
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 grandfathers
Robert Pelot, the owner of Pelot’s Rexall Pharmacy, said it’s been in his family since one of his great-grandfathers moved to the Bradenton area from Indiana in the late 1800s.
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Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
Is this the noble cause that our grandfathers would have shed their blood for 85 years ago?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
His grandfathers, fishermen Pietro Tarantino and Gaetano D’Acquisto, immigrated to the area from Porticello, Sicily, in the early 1900s and settled in Little Italy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Sweet Country was about our grandfathers, who were taken as children to become slaves on cattle stations, on ranches.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
My grandfathers had both been miners whose early deaths owed much to their working lives.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
And the same impressive nature was true of both women's grandfathers, says Jones.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
In the early sixties, one of Chiasson’s grandfathers worked on a crew that blasted a route through the Winooski River Valley to bring Interstate 89 up to Burlington.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
All grandfathers, uncles, fathers and father figures are invited.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
Is this the noble cause that our grandfathers would have shed their blood for 85 years ago?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
His grandfathers, fishermen Pietro Tarantino and Gaetano D’Acquisto, immigrated to the area from Porticello, Sicily, in the early 1900s and settled in Little Italy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Sweet Country was about our grandfathers, who were taken as children to become slaves on cattle stations, on ranches.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
My grandfathers had both been miners whose early deaths owed much to their working lives.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
And the same impressive nature was true of both women's grandfathers, says Jones.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
In the early sixties, one of Chiasson’s grandfathers worked on a crew that blasted a route through the Winooski River Valley to bring Interstate 89 up to Burlington.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
All grandfathers, uncles, fathers and father figures are invited.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfathers
Noun
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For Maduro, that visibility feels like the realization of his fathers life-long vision.—
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Dressed in costumes and armed with portable speakers, these fathers have taken over the carpool lane to ensure students, parents, and teachers start their day with a smile.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And humans were likely making music before that, based on fossils showing our ancestors had the ability to sing over 530,000 years ago.—
Justin Pot,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
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Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to human blood could provide a novel window into the spread of early human ancestors across the globe, according to a new study.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Grandfathers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfathers. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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