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   grandfather

   /ˈɡran(d)ˌfɑːðə/

   noun

   • 1. the father of one's father or mother. Similar informal:grandadgrandpagrandpopgrampsgrand daddyabuelononno
   • ▪ the person who founded or originated something: "Freud is often called the grandfather of psychoanalysis" Similar founderinventororiginatorcreatorinitiatorinstigatorfatherfounding fatherpioneerframermastermindliterary:begetterrare:establisher

   verb

   • 1. exempt (someone or something) from a new law or regulation: informal North American "smokers who worked here before the ban have been grandfathered"

   Derivatives

   • 1. grandfatherly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • D

     2

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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