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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gran(d)father, n. [e.m.E. grand-, graundfather (1546).] An ancestor; a great-grandfather. —a1570-86 Maitl. F. clxx. 93.
Greit is the gloir of ȝour granfatheris [Q. grandfatheris] guid a1651 Calderwood II. 174.
His grandfather, goodsir, and father, had served his predecessors
