GRANDPARENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grandparent mean? 

• GRANDPARENT (noun)
  The noun GRANDPARENT has 1 sense:

1. a parent of your father or mother

  Familiarity information: GRANDPARENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRANDPARENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parent of your father or mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("grandparent" is a kind of...):

forbear; forebear (a person from whom you are descended)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grandparent"):

gramps; grandad; granddad; granddaddy; grandfather; grandpa (the father of your father or mother)

gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny; nan; nanna (the mother of your father or mother)

 Context examples 

A family medical history includes health information about a person’s close family members (parents, grandparents, children, brothers, and sisters).

(Medical history, NCI Dictionary)

Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).

(Ancestor, NCI Thesaurus)

Sometimes there is no parent and grandparents raise grandchildren.

(Family Issues, NIH)

The face was turned half-round, and the effect was that of one of those black silhouettes which our grandparents loved to frame.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An inherited condition marked by the following: (1) one or more first- or second-degree relatives (parent, sibling, child, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, or uncle) with malignant melanoma; (2) many moles, some of which are atypical (asymmetrical, raised, and/or different shades of tan, brown, black, or red) and often of different sizes; and (3) moles that have specific features when examined under a microscope.

(Familial Atypical Mole Melanoma Syndrome, NCI Dictionary)