as in father
a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent
this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers
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In a world where superheroes are very public and normalized, Robert operates as the Iron Man-like Mecha Man, having picked up the mantle from his father and grandfather before him (all also named Robert Robertson).
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The Dominican Republic was the homeland of Machado’s grandfather Francisco Nunez, a mentor who lived with the family when Manny was a boy in Miami.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
At a recent family dinner, his maternal grandfather hit on me.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Maintaining the tugboat became cumbersome, and three Zizian members opted to move into box trucks before squatting in a Bay Area trailer lot owned by Curtis Lind, then age 80, a former shipworker and grandfather of four.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The Dominican Republic was the homeland of Machado’s grandfather Francisco Nunez, a mentor who lived with the family when Manny was a boy in Miami.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
At a recent family dinner, his maternal grandfather hit on me.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Maintaining the tugboat became cumbersome, and three Zizian members opted to move into box trucks before squatting in a Bay Area trailer lot owned by Curtis Lind, then age 80, a former shipworker and grandfather of four.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather
Noun
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The topic of nepotism came up in a new interview with Skarsgård in Vulture, when the outlet pointed out that many of his eight children — including Bill, Alexander, and Gustaf — have become actors like their father.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Unless another boy was injured, a boy with a father who resembled me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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The ancestors were taken from the Riverside Cemetery site near the Menominee River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula between 1961 and 1963 during a joint excavation led by anthropologists Robert Retzenthaler for the Milwaukee Public Museum and Robert Hrushka for the Oshkosh Public Museum.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, the analyses consistently position the new species as an ancestor of the entire dyrosaurid group.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Grandfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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