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

Like COVID, unless you were there, it’s hard to believe the things that went on, but if you’re skeptical about what old grandsire tells you about the Great Gas Wars of the 1970s, believe him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Indy is also the grandsire of the aforementioned Tapit.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2022

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

His great grandsire is Blushing Groom, the sire of a phenomenal runner, Blushing John, who ran some awesome races to Sunday Silence, and Easy Goer in 1988.

From New York Times • May 5, 2011

“Your grandsire commanded it. A woods witch had told him that the prince was promised would be bom of their line.”

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