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A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
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Definitions
- n. A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
- n. the father of your father or mother
- A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs. (Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.
- A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degreeabove the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs.(Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.
- n:100 n. the father of your father or mother