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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†GRANDSHER, GRANSHER, n. Also grensher, -cher.

1. A great-grandfather (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., grencher, 1914 Angus Gl., -sher).Mry. 1806 R. Jamieson Ballads I. 292:
His gransher, his gutsher, his daddie.

2. A man of grandfatherly aspect, an old man.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 10:
Auld grandshers at their doors sat beikin, While younksters . . . Gaed paidlin'.

[O.Sc. grandschir, gran(d)s(c)her, a grandfather, c.1470–80, a great-grandfather, from 1541, variant of earlier grantschir, itself a variant of grantsire, Eng. grandsire.]

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