Meaning & use

grandparent

noun·Everyday

A parent of one's father or mother; a grandmother or grandfather.

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All four grandparents came to watch her graduate from college.

Many children today live far from at least one grandparent.

A note on using this word

Grandparent is the gender-neutral term covering both grandmother and grandfather.

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