grandsire

[ grand-sahyuhr ]

noun

1. a grandfather.
2. Archaic.
   1. a forefather.
   2. an aged man.

grandsire

¹

/ ˈɡrændsə; -ˌsaɪə /

noun

1. Leisure:Bell-ringing a well-established method used in change-ringing See method

grandsire

²

/ ˈɡrænˌsaɪə; ˈɡrænd- /

noun

1. an archaic word for grandfather

Word History and Origins

Origin of grandsire¹

1250–1300; Middle English graunt-sire < Anglo-French. See grand-, sire

Example Sentences

Nest’s maternal grandsire is A.P.

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Indy is also the grandsire of the aforementioned Tapit.

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Unbridled’s grandsire, Mr. Prospector, is a legend in American horse racing.

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That pedigree, with Lil Indy as dam, has New Year’s Day, “an unheralded sire” as Bradley put it, winner of the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile before being retired at 2, with an accomplished stallion as grandsire, Street Cry, father of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta.

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Seattle Slew, a Triple Crown winner in 1977, is his great grandsire.

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