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grandpa Definition

grandpa (granpə, -pä′; gram-, -grand-; ---pô′)

noun

Informal grandfather

grandpa Usage Examples

Possessives

  • chair: Grandpa's Chair: This was the second tale I have ever read of Kane's.
  • face: Lucy nearly jumped out of her skin as she remembered her grandpa's face before he went away.
  • name: Son of Clinton Hoggarth and my grandpa's name is Vern Hoggarth.

Converse of object

  • dote: An artistic effort designed specially for a doting grandpa has place of honor on the wall.
  • love: Beloved husband of the late Isabella, dearly loved dad of Ruth and a much loved grandpa of the family.
  • tell: He's getting very good in English, ' mother told grandpa over the phone within Sasha's hearing.

Adjective modifier

  • loving: Dearest husband of Marcia, dear father of Christopher and Michael, father-in-law of Shirley and Lesley, loving grandpa of Victoria and Marcia.
  • great: Perhaps great grandpa had been at a Reading church.
  • devoted: Beloved husband of Sheila, loving father of Paul and Sarah, devoted grandpa to Libby, Lucy, Joshua and Oliver.
  • dear: Dear dad of Jenny, Geoff and Richard, and a dearest grandpa.
  • beloved: The dearly loved husband of the late Sadie, dear father of Diana and Eileen, and a beloved grandpa.
  • old: It is only when dear old grandpa is discovered to have given him a block of Bethlehem Steel that he becomes really cheerful.

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