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grandfatherings

grandfatherings is the plural of grandfathering.

Meaning of grandfathering

Noun

grandfathering (usually uncountable, plural grandfatherings)

  1. (usually) Exemption from new legislation or regulations.
    • The grandfathering of boundaries has been, on average, a pacifying development […]2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 311

Questions about grandfatherings

What is grandfatherings the plural of?
Grandfatherings is the plural of grandfathering.

Words near grandfatherings in the dictionary

  1. grandfathered
  2. grandfathered in
  3. grandfatherhood
  4. grandfathering
  5. grandfathering in
  6. grandfatherings
  7. grandfatherish
  8. grandfatherism
  9. grandfatherless
  10. grandfatherlessness
  11. grandfatherliness

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