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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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

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

‘Forlong has come,’ Bergil answered; ‘old Forlong the Fat, the Lord of Lossarnach. That is where my grandsire lives. Hurrah! Here he is. Good old Forlong!’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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