grandfather
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- (countable) A grandfather is the father of a person or animal's parent.
- Synonyms: grampa, gramps, granddad and grandad
- My grandfather was very old when I was still a boy.
Members of a family (edit) |
parent:father -mother |spouse:husband -wife |child:son -daughter |sibling:brother -sister |uncle |aunt |nephew -niece |cousin |grandparent:grandfather -grandmother |grandchild:grandson -granddaughter |
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- (transitive), (law) When someone is grandfathered, it can continue doing or having something when a new law doesn't allow it.
- The new laws don't allow buildings that are over 50 feet tall, but the skyscrapers that already exist are grandfathered, so they can stay taller than 50 feet.
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