grandsire

American  

[grand-sahy^uhr] / ˈgrændˌsaɪər /

noun

1. a grandfather.

2. Archaic.

   1. a forefather.

   2. an aged man.

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grandsire ¹ British  

/ ˈɡrænˌsaɪə, ˈɡrænd- /

noun

1. an archaic word for grandfather

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grandsire ² British  

/ ˈɡrændsə, -ˌsaɪə /

noun

1. Leisure:Bell-ringing a well-established method used in change-ringing See method

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Etymology

Origin of grandsire

1250–1300; Middle English graunt-sire < Anglo-French. See grand-, sire

Example Sentences

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grandsire

But Runhappy’s sire, Super Saver, won the 2010 Derby, and So Happy’s grandsire on his mother’s side is Blame, who captured the Breeders’ Cup Classic later that year at Churchill Downs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

Seattle Slew, a Triple Crown winner in 1977, is his great grandsire.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2018

Then I said to myself, "My Mary weeps   For the dead to-day:Haply her blind old grandsire sleeps   The fret and the pain of his age away."

From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2012

Joppy’s sire, Star Blen, was an undistinguished nonwinner, but her paternal grandsire, Blenheim II, had some serious sparkle.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2011

“They won’t dance for coins, they don’t care how you style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin