English Explanatory Dictionary

grandsire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Grandfather.
  2. Any male ancestor.
  3. Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
  4. The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather

Word forms

grandsire grandsires

Etymology

From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.

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