grandson
Americannoun
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grandsons
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noun
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Origin of grandson
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Mr. Holland, now in his early 80s, is Oscar Wilde’s grandson, and “After Oscar” practically glows with familial loyalty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Kijanangoma is the son of Prince Christopher Paul Kijanangoma and a grandson of former Tooro king George David Rukidi III.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Before his 2011 death, Shockley instilled a philosophical hunger and love of language in his grandson — who later put a photo of the two of them on the cover of 2023’s “Ways of Knowing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
And now a grandson will grow up without a father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
My grandfather, born in 1912, was the grandson of slaves, the son of a millworker, and the oldest of what would be ten children in his family.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Lyons and Stuart are the grandsons of matriarch Sara “Sally” Brown, the widow of a former Brown-Forman chairman and mother of two former CEOs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Surrounded by sons and grandsons under a clattering ceiling fan, Safi showed the tattered identity document he has kept since fleeing the Soviet occupation more than four decades ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
I will turn 68 this year and have two grandsons who will be ages 5 and 2, respectively.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Short also told Smith that his two young grandsons are why he has continued his career, spreading joy and comedy amid grief.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
With the Judge’s sons, hunting and tramping, it had been a working partnership; with the Judge’s grandsons, a sort of pompous guardianship; and with the Judge himself, a stately and dignified friendship.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
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