grandsires

Definition of grandsiresnext
plural of grandsire, archaic

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Noun
  • What father would ever allow such devastation, assuring fellow patriarchs that their lives without sons would be ruined forever?
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Perhaps, for a man who has always lived in the shadow of distant patriarchs, the only thing worse than perpetually wondering what his father really thought would be finding out for sure.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Sperm whale families are composed of grandmothers, mothers, and daughters who live together for life, while the young males leave in their teenage years.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Tommy disburses stuffings and sauces to hungry locals as the GIs seduced their grandmothers with Camels and nylon stockings.
    Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • At Santa Teresita’s Xokol, chef Xrysw Ruelas is a storyteller of ancestral Mexican ingredients and matriarchs.
    Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Grandsires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandsires. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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