grandparent

• grand-parent

From grand- +‎ parent. Compare French grand-parent.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/, /ˈɡɹæn(d)pæɹənt/

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grandparent (plural grandparents)

1. The parent of someone's parent.
   • 2020 January 16, Scottie Andrew, “An orphaned teen is being forced out of his grandparents’ senior community because he’s too young”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     A 15-year-old orphan is being forced from the Arizona senior community where he lives with his grandparents after the homeowner’s association said it could face legal issues if he stayed.

   • 2021 October 8, Maggie Fox, “Covid-19 has taken the parents or grandparents of 140,000 US children, and minorities were hit harder”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     More than 140,000 US children have lost a parent or grandparent who takes care of them to Covid-19, CDC researchers reported Thursday, which is as many as one in 500 US kids.

• (with regard to ancestry): grandchild

• (by grandparent's gender): grandmother, grandfather
• (by grandparent's and parent's genders): maternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather

• mother
• father

grandparent (third-person singular simple present grandparents, present participle grandparenting, simple past and past participle grandparented)

1. Synonym of grandfather.