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grandsire
[grand-sahyuhr]
noun
a grandfather.
Archaic.Ìý
a forefather.
an aged man.
grandsire
1/ ˈɡrænˌsaɪə, ˈɡrænd- /
noun
an archaic word for grandfather
grandsire
2/ ˈɡrændsə, -ˌsaɪə /
noun
Leisure:Bell-ringing a well-established method used in change-ringing See method
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of grandsire1
Example Sentences
Nest’s maternal grandsire is A.P.
Indy is also the grandsire of the aforementioned Tapit.
Unbridled’s grandsire, Mr. Prospector, is a legend in American horse racing.
That pedigree, with Lil Indy as dam, has New Year’s Day, “an unheralded sire†as Bradley put it, winner of the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile before being retired at 2, with an accomplished stallion as grandsire, Street Cry, father of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta.
Seattle Slew, a Triple Crown winner in 1977, is his great grandsire.
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