GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does grandfather clause mean? • GRANDFATHER CLAUSE (noun)
The noun GRANDFATHER CLAUSE has 1 sense:
1. an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War
Familiarity information: GRANDFATHER CLAUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GRANDFATHER CLAUSE (noun)
Meaning:
An exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("grandfather clause" is a kind of...):
exemption; freedom (immunity from an obligation or duty)
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