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GRANDPA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The father of your father or mother

Synonyms:

gramps; grandad; granddad; granddaddy; grandfather; grandpa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("grandpa" is a kind of...):

grandparent (a parent of your father or mother)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Wouldn't your grandpa let you?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Grandpa sent it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

So I got grandpa to say it was high time we did something, and off I pelted to the office yesterday, for the doctor looked sober, and Hannah most took my head off when I proposed a telegram.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)