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[syn: grandfather, gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpa]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grandfather \Grand"fa"ther\, n.
A father's or mother's father; an ancestor immediately after
the father or mother in lineal ascent.
[1913 Webster]
Grandfather longlegs. (Zool.) See Daddy longlegs.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grandfather
n 1: the father of your father or mother [syn: grandfather,
gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpa]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "grandfather":
Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, centenarian, dotard,
elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, grampa, gramps, grandpa,
grandsire, graybeard, great-grandfather, nonagenarian,
octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer,
old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer,
older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, senior citizen,
septuagenarian, sexagenarian, the quiet-voiced elders,
venerable sir, veteran
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
GRANDFATHER, domestic relations. The father of one's father or mother. The
father's father is called the paternal grandfather; the mother's father is
the maternal grandfather.
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Grandfather, NC -- U.S. village in North Carolina
Population (2000): 73
Housing Units (2000): 377
Land area (2000): 1.500982 sq. miles (3.887526 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.043443 sq. miles (0.112517 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.544425 sq. miles (4.000043 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27320
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 36.100525 N, 81.850153 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grandfather, NC
Grandfather