grandsire

archaic

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Recent Examples of grandsire Daemon insults young Tully by wishing his absent grandsire a hasty trip to the grave. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 7 July 2024 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 He was renamed Honor A.P. as a tribute to his grandsire, A.P. Indy, who died in February at the age of 30. Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2020 Writhing in pain, Rhaenyra tells her boys that their grandsire has died and Aegon has been crowned king. Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Oct. 2022 With 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew and 1992 Belmont winner A.P. Indy part of his pedigree, Tapit also is the grandsire of last year’s shorter Belmont winner, Tiz the Law. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 5 June 2021 Sir Winston joined his dam sire, Afleet Alex, and one of his great-grandsires Affirmed as winners of the Belmont Stakes. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al.com, 8 June 2019 Sir Winston's maternal grandsire is 2005 Belmont winner Afleet Alex. John Cherwa, latimes.com, 7 June 2019 His great grandsire is Seattle Slew, a Triple Crown winner in 1977. Neil Greenberg, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandsire
Noun
  • In wings and beak and crest, Formed like his sire, as in the feet before; But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
  • Many more of these moments would have rounded out Pagnol as a worthy sire beyond his literary laurels.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Rupert Murdoch, 94, patriarch of the News Corp empire, last year lost a legal battle over control of his media businesses, including Fox News.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 19 June 2025
  • But although these primate patriarchs don’t nurse young or gather food (or provide any other essential care), a new study suggests their presence does have a beneficial impact.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The intersection of these two facts does convince me that William's genealogical ancestress, Eliza Kewark, did have South Asian ancestry (not totally surprising even in notionally ethnically distinct groups like Armenians or Parsis who have been long resident in India).
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2013
  • Instead of being a reticulated mesh the genealogy of mtDNA is a clean and inverted elegant tree leading back to a common ancestress.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2010
Noun
  • My grandmother was trying to get some assistance to feed me, my sister, and my cousin.
    Nick Estes, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
  • On his father’s side, Charles’ paternal grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Lucas, daughter of Wingate and Cornelia Lucas, who were significant farmers and merchants.
    Paris Goodman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2025

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“Grandsire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandsire. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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