grandfather

5 definitions found

grandfather - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grandfather \Grand"fa"ther\, n.
     A father's or mother's father; an ancestor immediately after
     the father or mother in lineal ascent.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Grandfather longlegs. (Zool.) See Daddy longlegs.
        [1913 Webster]

grandfather - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  grandfather
      n 1: the father of your father or mother [syn: grandfather,
           gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpa]

grandfather - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Grandfather, NC (village, FIPS 27320)
    Location: 36.09850 N, 81.84753 W
    Population (1990): 34 (28 housing units)
    Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

grandfather - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  GRANDFATHER, domestic relations. The father of one's father or mother. The 
  father's father is called the paternal grandfather; the mother's father is 
  the maternal grandfather. 
  
  

grandfather - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "grandfather":
     Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, centenarian, dotard,
     elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, grampa, gramps, grandpa,
     grandsire, graybeard, great-grandfather, nonagenarian,
     octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer,
     old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer,
     older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, senior citizen,
     septuagenarian, sexagenarian, the quiet-voiced elders,
     venerable sir, veteran