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grandson

[ gran-suhn, grand- ]

noun

  1. a son of one's son or daughter.


grandson

/ ˈɡrænd-; ˈɡrænsʌn /

noun

  1. a son of one's son or daughter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of grandson1

First recorded in 1580–90; grand- + son
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Example Sentences

Today, it is the grandson who has rebelled against the family, by becoming an anthropologist.

A month later, her grandson was born prematurely and hospitalized for 13 days.

As the son and grandson of teachers, and as the great-grandson of slaves, I see this as an opportunity to revisit fundamental questions and make real progress.

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The grandson of Palestinian immigrants is an admirer of the late Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s legacy.

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Dench, 63, and Hinton, 21, dined and laughed together, joined by Hinton’s girlfriend, Mikaela, and Dench’s daughter and grandson.

The grandson of legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland, Nicholas Vreeland was poised for a decadent life in high-society.

Well talking about big movies, you've been cast to play Apollo Creed's grandson in a new Rocky franchise installment.

Reynolds acknowledged that much of his appeal comes from being the grandson of R.J. Reynolds.

In May this year, the grandson of Kunihiro Kajiwara was stabbed in the leg.

Her grandson Kane is a freshman and is playing for both the JV and varsity squads.

He was relieved to learn that his grandson Moses Mole was not wandering about the garden, after all.

You will be pleased to know that this king was the grandson of the very Isabella who so nobly helped Columbus.

The business has been in the Hill family nearly a hundred years and is now directed by William Hill's grandson.

Besides, there is no horse in the stable to give him, now, and he cannot go as befits the grandson of a king.

He did not, however, forget poor Dame Marlow, of the death of whose grandson he had heard from some of the smugglers.

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