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grandfathered

grandfathered adjective: of a policy, document, or other legality, that has retained discontinued laws or rules or that has been exempted from new regulation. Also the simple past and past participle of grandfather.

Adjective

grandfathered

  1. Of a policy, document, or other legality, that has retained discontinued laws or rules or that has been exempted from new regulation.

Also used as

grandfathered is also the simple past and past participle of grandfather.

Phrases with grandfathered

Questions about grandfathered

What does grandfathered mean?
Grandfathered means of a policy, document, or other legality, that has retained discontinued laws or rules or that has been exempted from new regulation.
What part of speech is grandfathered?
Grandfathered is an adjective.

Words near grandfathered in the dictionary

  1. grandfather's beard
  2. grandfather's chair
  3. grandfather's clock
  4. grandfather's clocks
  5. grandfather-in-law
  6. grandfathered
  7. grandfathered in
  8. grandfatherhood
  9. grandfathering
  10. grandfathering in
  11. grandfatherings

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