grandsire
[
grand
-sahy
uh
r]
/ˈgrændˌsaɪər/
noun
1.
a grandfather.
2.
Archaic.
a forefather.
an aged man.
Origin
1250-1300;
Middle English
graunt-sire
<
Anglo-French.
See
grand-
,
sire
Examples from the web for
grandsire
Effects fit were sire genotype, maternal
grandsire
genotype, and interaction of sire genotype with maternal
grandsire
genotype.
British Dictionary definitions for
grandsire
grandsire
1
/
ˈɡrænˌsaɪə;
ˈɡrænd-
/
noun
1.
an archaic word for
grandfather
grandsire
2
/
ˈɡrændsə;
-ˌsaɪə
/
noun
1.
(
bell-ringing
) a well-established method used in change-ringing
See
method
(sense 4)
Word Origin and History for
grandsire
n.
late 13c., from Anglo-French
graunt sire
; see
grand
(adj.) +
sire
(n.).