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Grandfather
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Grandfather
see synonyms of grandfathernoun
1.
the father of one's father or mother
2. (often plural)
a male ancestor
3. (often capital)
a familiar term of address for an old man
4. dialect
a caterpillar or woodlouse
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Grandfather
see synonyms of grandfather noun
1.
the father of one's father or mother
also a term of respectful familiarity to any elderly man2.
a male ancestor; forefather
verb transitive
3. Informal
to exempt (an activity, practice, person, etc.) from a new law or regulation by or as by a grandfather clause (sense 2)
sometimes with in or intoWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Grandfather
see synonyms of grandfathern.
1. The father of one's mother or father.
2. A forefather; an ancestor.
tr.v. grand·fa·thered, grand·fa·ther·ing, grand·fa·thers
To exempt (someone or something) from a new regulation that prohibits or restricts something: The new ordinance restricts the size of billboards, but it grandfathers those erected before 1997.
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