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Grandsire

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Grandfather. archaic

    "“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. […]""

  2. 2
    Any male ancestor.
  3. 3
    Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
  4. 4
    The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather

Etymology

From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.

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