grandsire
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grandsire
Where it comes from
From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.
noun grandsires
- Grandfather. “I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]"
- Any male ancestor.
- Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
- The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather
Talk about this word "grandsire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/grandsire. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. grandsire. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grandsire "grandsire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/grandsire.Cite this
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title = {grandsire},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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