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grandsire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
grand-sire
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Grandfather.

Archaic

noun

Any male ancestor.

noun

Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.

noun

The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

grandsires (plural)

Questions

What does grandsire mean?
Grandfather.
Where does grandsire come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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