Grandsire
[grændsaiә]
Definition
(n.) Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.
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Examples
- A man can do but his best, answered Hubert; but my grandsire drew a good long bow at Hastings, and I trust not to dishonour his memory. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- These twenty nobles I leave to Hubert, who has this day drawn as brave a bow as his grandsire did at Hastings. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Terrible have been the calamities that have befallen your great-grandsire's mighty nation since the fatal day that saw you leave our midst. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The good looks, gallant bearing, and gentlemanlike appearance of the boy won the grandsire's heart for him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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