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grandfather

noun as in grandsire

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The immigrant experience holds special meaning to Rams defensive end Kobie Turner — his grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica and his wife’s parents immigrated from Peru.

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His son, Jack Morgan, was close friends with King George VI, the father to the late Queen Elizabeth II and grandfather to Charles, as Dimon recounted.

“Bus lines are no longer like your grandfather’s Greyhound,” Schwieterman said, referring to the prominent operator.

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Even with all she had going on, Grandma met my grandfather and left everything to come to the United States.

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“It would be a fine bit of stagecraft if I’m ever called upon to play my own grandfather,” he joked.

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

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