Definition of Grandfather
Grandfather
A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
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Ancestor,
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Degree,
Father,
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Mother,
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Or,
The
Grandfather Quotations
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln
I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Abraham Lincoln
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
Khalil Gibran
I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.
Woody Allen
I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children.
Steven Tyler
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
Victor Hugo
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
Black Elk
My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather's house and watched the planes go over.
Sigourney Weaver
I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?
Brad Pitt
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
Indira Gandhi
Grandfather Translations
grandfather in Danish is bedstefader
grandfather in Dutch is opa, grootvader
grandfather in Hungarian is nagyapa
grandfather in Italian is nonno
grandfather in Spanish is abuelo
grandfather in Swedish is farfar, morfar
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