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GRANDPARENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does grandparent mean?

• GRANDPARENT (noun)
The noun GRANDPARENT has 1 sense:

1. a parent of your father or mother

Familiarity information: GRANDPARENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRANDPARENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A parent of your father or mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

forbear; forebear (a person from whom you are descended)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grandparent"):

gramps; grandad; granddad; granddaddy; grandfather; grandpa (the father of your father or mother)

gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny (the mother of your father or mother)

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