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grandfather

noun as in grandsire

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"A number of generations of my family worked in the steelworks, my uncles and my grandfather," he added.

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"Making sure we engage with the island and its people is something my grandfather cared deeply about, and we're doing that in a big way this week."

From BBC

The unchanged names in the series, which premieres Thursday on Netflix, belong to the four children of Benjamin Lee Guinness, whose grandfather created the signature porter in 1778.

One thing he is serious about, however, is the illuminated globe that belonged to his grandfather.

Her grandfather was a Mexican guest worker in the Bracero Program of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, ended up being sponsored for legal status, and eventually moved his entire family north.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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