Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A parent of one's mother or father; a grandmother or grandfather.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The parent of a parent: correlative to grandchild.
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- noun the
parent of someone's parent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a parent of your father or mother
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Examples
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I had a friend tell me that being a grandparent is the one thing in life that really is as good as everyone says.
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"Grandparent scams": The CFA noticed new complaints last year about what it calls the "grandparent scam," where consumers receive calls or e-mails from someone claiming to be a friend or family member who is in trouble and needs help.
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The death of a grandparent is sad but also a natural part of life.
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Because as Debby brings up, the grandparent is not impartial.
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Q: What do you call a grandparent who’s taken care of the little ones on Saturday and Sunday?
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Darwin has already pointed out that when a character of a grandparent, which is wanting in the progeny, reappears in the second generation, this quality must always be assumed to have been present though latent in the intermediate generation.
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I would never call my grandparent an alien because he did everything he could possibly do to be an American.
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Her contributions to the so-called grandparent economy are carefully considered yet generous
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Her contributions to the so-called grandparent economy are carefully considered yet generous
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Her contributions to the so-called grandparent economy are carefully considered yet generous
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