grandsire
pronunciation
How to pronounce grandsire in British English:
UK ['grændˌsaɪə]
How to pronounce grandsire in American English:
US ['grændˌsaɪə]
Word Origin
- grandsire (n.)
- "a grandfather," late 13c., from Anglo-French graunt sire; see grand- + sire (n.). From 19c. often in reference to animal lineages.
Example
- 1. For I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase .
- 2. Canine breeders also believe that linebreeding occurs when breeding grandsire to grand-offspring , uncle to niece and aunt to nephew .
- 3. The largest jay said : " I flew to the top of the never-summer mountain and saw there the norn-spinner who waits for a girl who will fetch the golden apple which will cure her grandsire . "