grandfather
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Is grandfather a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
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What is the meaning of grandfather?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (by extension) A male forefather.Examples: "Brethren: Here is the pipe which your grandfathers used to smoke with when they met together in councils of peace. And here is some of that good tobacco, prepared for our grandfathers from God:—When you shall taste of it, you shall feel it through all your body; and it will put you in remembrance of the good councils your grandfathers used to hold with the English, your brethren, and that ancient friendship they had together."Synonyms: highfather, grandsirebroadly
2. (computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.Examples: "File C is the grandfather because it was used to create file B."; "Three generations of file are usually kept, being the grandfather, father and son files."; "The file from which the father was developed with the transaction files of the appropriate day is the grandfather."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To be, or act as, a grandfather to.transitive
verb (English)
1. (transitive, chiefly US, law) To retain discontinued laws or rules for (an object, individual or organization previously affected by them).Examples: "Had the original work been permitted, it would be grandfathered into any code changes each time they occurred, Arvada officials said. The latest came in 2006."; "Old power plants are sometimes grandfathered from having to meet new clean air requirements."; "In 1915, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Guinn v. United States that grandfather clauses were unconstitutional. […] The decision had almost no effect, however. The Oklahoma Legislature met in special session to grandfather in the grandfather clause. The new law said those who had been registered in 1914 – whites under the old system – were automatically registered to vote, while African-Americans could only register between April 30 and May 11, 1916, or forever be disenfranchised. That law stayed on the books until a Supreme Court ruling in 1939."Synonyms: grandfather inUStransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary