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单词 grandsire
释义 grand·sire
I. \ˈgran(d)ˌ ̷ ̷, -raan-\ noun
Etymology: Middle English grauntsire, from Old French grant sire, from grant grand + sire
1.
 a. or grand·sir \-n(t)sə(r)\ now dialect : grandfather
 b. or grandsir Scotland : a great grandfather
 c. archaic : ancestor, forefather
 d. archaic : an aged man
2. : a dam's or sire's sire — used of an animal
3. : a method of ringing changes on a set of church bells
 < grandsire maximus >
— see change ringing illustration
II. transitive verb
: to be grandsire to
 < grandsired the modern cult by preaching sanctification — American Mercury >
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