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Definition of Grandsires
1. grandsire [n] - See also: grandsire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandsires
Literary usage of Grandsires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary (1873)
"Of precedent, the god of moral cowards, Who fear to think but as their grandsires
did. Merit with us shall be the gauge of honour, Nor shall pretentious ..."
2. A History of the Percheron Horse: Including Hitherto Unpublished Data by Alvin Howard Sanders (1917)
"2 26 preat-grandsires appear 2 times 9 great-grandsires appear 3 times 10
great-grandsires appear 4 times 2 great-grandsires appear 5 times 5 ..."
3. The Works of Virgil by Virgil, John Dryden, John Carey, Knightly Chetwood (1803)
"And grandsires' grandsons the long list contains. No very long list is requisite
to furnish the grandsons of grandsires. The petty isle, which harboured no ..."
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