grandparent
[gran-pair-uh nt, -par-, grand-]
Origin of grandparent
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Contemporary Examples
My birth certificate was modified, I changed my name, and when I was sixteen I emancipated from my grandparents and my father.
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This TV show is called Selfie, a word that all “the kids” were saying and now has made its way to grandparents trying to be hip.
Some children live with their uncle and aunt, some live with their grandparents.
The older Joads—two grandparents and the father of the family—have died.
She welcomed us warmly, and shared memories of my grandparents and great-grandparents.
Historical Examples
The early part of his existence was spent with his grandparents in his native place.
RidgewayScian Dubh
My grandparents died, you know, but it had to be done, or we'd have destroyed ourselves.
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Plainly, he decided, this was a strange place, this household of his grandparents.
The PortygeeJoseph Crosby Lincoln
Were the grandparents whom he had never met this sort of people?
The PortygeeJoseph Crosby Lincoln
No power on earth—which included parents and grandparents—should or could separate them.
The PortygeeJoseph Crosby Lincoln
grandparent
- the father or mother of either of one's parents
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Word Origin and History for grandparents
grandparent
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