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grandparent

[ gran-pair-uh nt, -par-, grand- ]

/ ˈgrænˌpɛər ənt, -ˌpær-, ˈgrænd- /

noun

a parent of a parent.

Origin of grandparent

First recorded in 1820–30; grand- + parent

OTHER WORDS FROM grandparent

grand·pa·ren·tal

[gran-puh-ren-tl, grand-] /ˌgræn pəˈrɛn tl, ˌgrænd-/, adjective grand·par·ent·ing, noun

Words nearby grandparent

grandnephew, grandniece, grandpa, grandpapa, grandpappy, grandparent, grandrelle, grandsire, grandson, grandstand, grandstand finish

Example sentences from the Web for grandparent

As a parent and grandparent, I can think of nothing more distressing than senseless violence against children.

Latest News From the Mass Stabbing at Franklin Regional Senior High School Near Pittsburgh |The Daily Beast |April 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But making the decision to take the car keys from a parent or grandparent is never an easy one.

A 100-Year-Old-Driver Crashes into School Kids. Time to Take Grandpa’s Car Keys? |Jamie Reno |August 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He looked almost as any grandparent might have looked going to join a favorite grandchild at a park bench.

Mystery Ranch |Arthur Chapman
They were all at the grandparent's house next door—a crowd of screaming people.

American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 3, March, 1889 |Various

"But I should like to have Joy stay with us," said Helen, the youngest, to her grandparent.

Allegories of Life |Mrs. J. S. Adams
Then the grandparent used to tell the man's wife or child to say so and so to the man.

Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370)) |James Owen Dorsey
It even happens that a child resembles an uncle or a grandparent more nearly than either parent.

Plain Facts for Old and Young |John Harvey Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for grandparent

grandparent

/ (ˈɡrænˌpɛərənt, ˈɡrænd-) /

noun

the father or mother of either of one's parents