gran
noun
grans
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pluralof gran.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Call the Midwife often has that feel-good Sunday evening tone to it, drawing in mums and dads, along with grans and granddads.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2013
Text, "et si a moult de granz paluz et moult grans pantains à merveilles"—wonderful swamps and marshes!
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
It took only a short time for Marian and her father to become great chums, and they had many good times together sharing many secrets which they did not tell the grans.
From Little Maid Marian by Amy Ella Blanchard
The love of Aucassin and Nicolete— “Des grans paines qu’il soufri,” that is the one thing serious to him in the whole matter, and that is not so very serious.
From Aucassin and Nicolete by Andrew Lang
Her grans had smiled indulgently when she showed her stocking, but had not seemed to think very much of it.
From Little Maid Marian by Amy Ella Blanchard
