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grandsir

grandsir is the alternative form of grandsire.

Meaning of grandsire

Noun

grandsire (plural grandsires)

  1. (archaic) Grandfather.
    • “I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]"1956, C. S. Lewis, chapter 5, in The Last Battle, Collins, published 1998
  2. Any male ancestor.
  3. Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
  4. The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather

Forms of grandsir

pluralgrandsirs

Questions about grandsir

What is grandsir the alternative form of?
Grandsir is the alternative form of grandsire.

Words near grandsir in the dictionary

  1. grands ducs
  2. grands fromages
  3. grands prix
  4. grands seigneurs
  5. grands-ducs
  6. grandsir
  7. grandsire
  8. grandsires
  9. grandsirs
  10. grandsome
  11. grandson

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