grandsire
grandsire · grandsires
Any male ancestorAny male ancestor.
Meaning
4 sensesAny male ancestor.
Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather
(archaic)Grandfather.
Origin
From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.
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Forms
plural: grandsires| Singular | grandsire |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.