grandfather

Definition

  • noun: the father of your father or mother
  • noun: the father of one's father or mother
  • verb: to permit to continue under a grandfather clause
  • synonyms: grandparent, belsire, goodsire

Examples

  • Because of a 'grandfather clause', the strict emission standards only apply to new cars.

Movie quotes

  • (..) It calms me down. What is your occupation as a civilian? You told me before but i forgot. Antiquarian, as my grandfather, as my father, in Vienna, in the basement of the house where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived for days. And you are singing too. You're playing the flute. Yes... You see... (..)
    1965 Forest of the Hanged