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grandfather English

Meaning grandfather meaning

What does grandfather mean?
Definitions in simple English

grandfather Noun

— A grandfather is the father of a person or animal's parent. My grandfather was very old when I was still a boy.

grandfather

— noun the father of your father or mother

Synonyms grandfather synonyms

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grandfather English » English

grandpa grandmother granddad ancestor grandparent old man maternal grandfather paternal grandfather grandpapa granddaddy grand-dad grandson gramps father’s father father great-grandfather grandchild grandad great-uncle granduncle grandsire zayde your grandfather poppi old person not young my grandfather mother’s father male ancestor great-great-grandfather granpappy grandpappy grandma grand-dady gran-dad grampa forefather filing etc. belsire archiving ancient aged

Topics grandfather topics

What do people use grandfather to talk about?
Social behavior Relationships Kinship Related by birth

Grandfather, grandmother

Conjugation grandfather conjugation

How do you conjugate grandfather?

grandfather · verb

Examples grandfather examples

How do I use grandfather in a sentence?

Simple sentences

My grandfather gets up early.
My grandfather was killed in World War II.
Because of his age, my grandfather doesn't hear well.
Do you remember your grandfather?
When Tom married Soraya, her father fell in love with and married Tom's daughter; so Tom's daughter's husband is Tom's father-in-law; and Tom now claims he's his own grandfather.
My grandfather on my father's side is celebrating his 88th birthday tomorrow.
Tom used to work for my grandfather.
My grandfather used to say that.
I am Tom's grandfather.
I was named in honor of my great-grandfather.
My grandfather was an ardent atheist.
Tom's grandfather served in Wehrmacht.
Tom inherited this house from his grandfather.
We named my son after my grandfather.
Bob met her grandfather early in the morning.
My grandfather goes for a walk on fine days.
They are my grandfather's books.
Every day grandfather and grandmother gave the kitten plenty of milk, and soon the kitten grew nice and plump.
The baby was named Alfred after his grandfather.
My grandfather founded and my parents developed this company.
Grandfather talked to me with a pipe in his mouth.
Grandfather speaks very slowly.
My grandfather is a bit hard of hearing.
My grandfather is five times as old as I am.
I take care of my grandfather.
His grandfather bought him the expensive toy.
That broken vase is my grandfather's.
The clock, which my grandfather bought, is still in good order.
My grandfather has never consulted a doctor in his life.

Movie subtitles

You know, seeing my grandfather struggle to walk, it made me want to help him.
Held my grandfather's bowels intact in the trenches in the Great War.
Grandfather, my life is broken!
Your great-grandfather wore this, Henry.
My grandfather bought this wine and laid it down.
Very foreseeing of her to prevent my grandfather drinking this.
Of course, Grandfather.
Grandfather, there you are.
And don't tell me that your grandfather saw me when he was a boy.
I KNOW ONE THING, I BET YOU HAVEN'T GOT A PICTURE OF MY GRANDFATHER.
Ah, grandfather's turnip. Give it to me.
And you remember all that, Great-grandfather?
What is this space gun, Great-grandfather?
He was the great-grandfather of our Oswald Cabal. the president of our council.
Not even your grandfather.
There are no Orders for oxen, grandfather.
Greetings, grandfather Petro!
Grandfather Petro, greetings!
I was gonna bring my grandfather, but there's no room for his beard.
My grandfather can swing a cat.
When my grandfather's beard gets here, I'd like it to meet your moustache.
Has your grandfather's beard got any money?
My grandfather's great.
He's a great-grandfather.
Your grandfather, what does he do?
Named after my grandfather, I think.
Her aunt's died, her mom was murdered, her dad was lying to her, her grandfather was manipulating her.
And I've got a grandfather and grandmother still around.
Perhaps you've forgotten that his grandfather founded this bank.
Your grandfather would have been proud to see you here.
I bet you haven't got a picture of my grandfather.
He's kept out of print, because his grandfather was smart.
Your grandfather and great-grandfather. and ancestors before that have all worked this land.
Your father and grandfather are there too.
You know, my grandfather had.
By the way, Chadwick, what happened to my grandfather?
His grandfather did, madam.

News and current affairs

Abe's greatest wish is to complete the project that eluded his grandfather: abandon constitutional pacifism and bury the war crimes of Kishi's generation, while remaining allied with the US against China.
Park Geun-hye adored her father at least as much as Abe loved his grandfather, but the result of her dynastic connection is the opposite of Abe's.
That is why the main goal of nationalist-minded Japanese leaders, starting with Abe's grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, has been the return of full Japanese sovereignty by revising Article 9.
This concept is a legacy of Judeo-Christianity, and in the 18 th century the earliest evolutionists--people like Charles Darwin's grandfather, Erasmus--framed their ideas within the context of this religious account of origins.
My grandfather was a German Jew.
MOSCOW - My great-grandfather, Nikita Khrushchev, has been on my mind recently.
One of the main leaders of this group of disgruntled nationalists was Nobusuke Kishi, Abe's grandfather.
His grandfather, Wilhelm I, had presided over Prussia's military victories, which enabled Bismarck to create the unified Reich in 1871.
Putin may well be as isolated as my grandfather Nikita Khrushchev was in 1964, when Leonid Brezhnev organized his palace coup against him.
A full-page ad for Patek Philippe has Thierry Stern, the president of the company, saying that he listens to the chime of every watch with a minute repeater that his company makes, as his father and grandfather did before him.
That's all very nice, but since the days of Stern's grandfather, we have made progress in time-keeping.
LAUSANNE - I was born in 1945. My grandfather was a German Jew.
If India is lucky, when he assumes leadership of the Congress Party he will let himself be as inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's vision for India as by that of his great-grandfather.
In India, Rahul Gandhi is waiting in the wings, preparing to step into the shoes of his great-grandfather (Jawaharlal Nehru), grandmother (Indira Gandhi), and father (Rajiv Gandhi).
My grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, chose the path of democracy and alliance with the US when he was Prime Minister in the 1950s.
So sending Hatoyama as ambassador may elicit harsh criticism, as his grandfather once agreed to a peace process that returned only two islands, and many Japanese fear that his grandson may also be prepared to cut another unequal deal.
Its leader, Yukio Hatoyama, is an uncharismatic scion of yet another established dynasty - his grandfather, Hatoyama Ichiro, took over as prime minister in 1954 from Yoshida Shigeru, who was the grandfather of the last LDP Prime Minister Taro Aso.
And from what I know of the man and his history, particularly his work in Hungary after 1989, I can only wish that my great-grandfather could have met him.
The legitimacy of Kim Jong-un's claim to power is weak, despite his blood tie to his father and grandfather, the dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its inception.

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