Grandparent

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  • noun. A parent of one's mother or father; a grandmother or grandfather.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The parent of a parent: correlative to grandchild.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the parent of someone's parent
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  • noun. a parent of your father or mother
  • Word Usage
    "I had a friend tell me that being a grandparent is the one thing in life that really is as good as everyone says."
    cross-reference
    father  mother  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    forbear  forebear  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Nanna  gramps  gran  grandad  granddad  
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