grandson
Americannoun
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grandsons
plural
noun
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Origin of grandson
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Lincoln, the grandson of an immigrant and the son of a teenage mother, talked up his experiences in the military and as a pastor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Vanetsky said her grandson was struggling at home in the wake of the trauma he'd been through.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
One month after her surgery, Caroline's grandson Roman was born, and she underwent two further rounds of chemotherapy in January 2024, along with follow-up CT scans.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
While accepting the honor, the comedian thanked his daughter, Jane, and grandson, Jackson, before referring to Ah as his “sublime companion” and declaring his love for her.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
But in the evenings, when Charlie, his beloved grandson, was in the room, he seemed in some marvelous way to grow quite young again.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
Both are grandsons of Rukidi III, the 11th king, or Omukama, who ruled the Tooro kingdom from 1928 to 1965.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
One night Wix Howard and “Little Bob” Turner—the grandsons of Samuel and William, respectively—played against each other in a game of poker.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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