grandson
grandson
Definition
grand·son (grand′sun′, gran′-)
noun
a son of one's son or daughter
grandson
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- bear: Would a son or grandson born in Holland no longer be considered to have " all the rights of a freeborn Englishman " ?
- have: I also have a grandson who has just started school.
- take: Half-term week in late October we took the grandsons, aged 12 and 10, to North Wales.
- survive: Gumm, immortal Granny, looks after surviving grandsons Farish, Danny, Eugene and Curtis, a retarded infant radiating inappropriate love.
Adjective modifier
- eldest: The actual date of the teddy's birthday is 20 th June which is the date of my eldest grandson 's birthday!
- beloved: In one of his many affecting exchanges with Marcus Aurelius, he bewails in ad 165 the loss of a beloved grandson.
- loving: Treasured memories of a loving grandson, on this special day.
- great: Waller the poet's great grandson was studying here.
- old: A recent addition to his family is 9 month old grandson, Malachi.
- young: The added danger of Pat's young grandson playing in the garden encouraged Pat to tackle the problem.
Modifies a noun
- Nichola: Robert's grandson Nicholas was determined to make Acton Court fit for another royal visit.
- age: Myself and my husband have interim residency of our grandson age 5 ( since oct 05 ).
Noun used with modifier
- great-great: His great-great grandson, Michael Rutledge, reported his experiences in Forgiveness in the Age of Forgetfulness.
- baby: Combining Kong's DNA with some from her baby grandson, Jason Jenkins, a new Kong was born.
Possessives
- founder: The founder's grandson Joseph Henry Gillott died a millionaire in 1907.
Preposition: of
- founder: The present owner is Richard Earnshaw, the grandson of the founder.
- man: And yet these were the sons and grandsons of the very men Gilbert White had got on with so happily!
- company: Karl Erik Hasselblad, grandson of the company 's founder, realized how much the family had benefited from photography and acted accordingly.
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