GRANDSIRE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

grandsire

noun

Definition of grandsire

archaic

as in sire

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Recent Examples of grandsire Robusta’s trainer, O’Neill, is trying again with Vitruvian Man, and other than the colt’s breeding — his sire (Vino Rosso) and grandsire (Curlin) both won the Breeders’ Cup Classic — there isn’t much to recommend. — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026 As her grandsire Corlys (Steve Toussaint) settles in as the Hand of the Queen, Rhaenyra brings Queensguard Ser Steffon Darklyn (Anthony Flanagan) before the council. — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 22 July 2024 Daemon insults young Tully by wishing his absent grandsire a hasty trip to the grave. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 7 July 2024 Writhing in pain, Rhaenyra tells her boys that their grandsire has died and Aegon has been crowned king. — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Oct. 2022 Sir Winston joined his dam sire, Afleet Alex, and one of his great-grandsires Affirmed as winners of the Belmont Stakes. — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al.com, 8 June 2019 Sir Winston's maternal grandsire is 2005 Belmont winner Afleet Alex. — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 7 June 2019

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Noun

In some species—lions, for instance—only one male and his closest buddies get the chance to sire offspring.

— Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
But plenty of champion horses do not produce champion kids, and plenty of lesser racehorses turn out to be outstanding sires.

— Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026

Definition of sire

Noun

Dolan family patriarch Charles founded Cablevision, the cable TV company, which acquired 50% of the Knicks, Rangers and related businesses in 1994 and the rest of the MSG properties three years later.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026
The 2017 and 2011 squads both finished as state runner-ups under the program’s patriarch, head coach Kirk Martin, who returned to lead the Mavericks in 2023 following a five-year hiatus at other coaching stops.

— Jon Poorman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of patriarch

Noun

Gertrude Aronow, the grandmother of the restaurateur Nate Adler, was, by Adler’s account, an eccentric woman of uncommon charisma, the sort of person who made any room feel like a party.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
But what her father left out of his memoir and Duong captured in her film was the untold torment of Ba leaving his mother, Nguyen Thị Bay, or grandmother Ba Noi, and close relatives behind in their ancestral village in Vietnam.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

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