grandson
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grandsons
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noun
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Origin of grandson
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Arbaeen, which means forty in Arabic, marks the 40th day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed and a founding figure in Shia Islam.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Sixty years after Nirmala waited a week to hear one Hindi song, her grandson Krish scrolls through Punjabi music on his phone in seconds.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Today she lives with her son, a factory worker, and a grandson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
A few miles north in Horsforth, west Leeds, Nirmala's grandson, 16-year-old Krish Nangla, sees South Asian broadcasting through a completely different lens.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
At the nursing home, where my mother worked, one of the patients had a grandson named Andy who had brain damage.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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
“You paid for my swim lessons, bought me my first baseball glove, and kept me in the best private school in South Florida, alongside President George H.W. Bush’s grandsons, at least for a little while.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Colón is survived by his wife, Julia Colón, and his four sons and grandsons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
He died in 1941 and was succeeded by his son, William Block, and then his grandsons, twin brothers Allan and John R. Block.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
He could understand why mothers and grandmothers would be worried about their sons and grandsons.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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