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[Noun] | "grand*fa*ther" | \ ˈgran(d)-ˌfä-t͟hər \
1: the father of one's father or mother
2: ancestor
3: granddaddy
Origin: 15th century ;
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[Noun] | "grandfather clock"
1: a tall pendulum clock that stands on the floor —called also grandfather, grandfather's clock
Origin: 1883 ;
From the song My Grandfather's Clock (1876) by Henry C. Work †1884 American songwriter;
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[Noun] | "grandfather clause"
1: a clause creating an exemption based on circumstances previously existing; specifically : a provision in several southern state constitutions designed to enfranchise poor white people and disenfranchise Black people by waiving high voting requirements for descendants of men voting before 1867
Origin: 1899 ;
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[Verb] | "grandfather"
1: to permit to continue under a grandfather clause
Origin: 1953 ;
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[Noun] | "grandfather"
1: a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent;
* e.g., " ... this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers "
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[Noun] | "grandfather clock"
1: as in alarm clock, atomic clock;
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[Noun] | "grandfather clocks"
1: as in alarm clocks, atomic clocks;
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(10) - Urban Dictionary
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[ "grandfather" ]
1: To give someone or something a special, status or privilege for something done before the new arrangements are made
* e.g., ... I will not grandfather one religious leader for his deeds as a child.
# 2 - { grandfathered in:9401237 }
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[ "grandfathered in" ]
1: To include a subject in some sort of plan or policy under old rules, terms and/or conditions, usually because new regulations may exclude said subject. After a rule change, new rules and regulations apply to new members (the new rules could in fact say "no new members"), unless the members were "grandfathered in" (e.g. old, existing subjects who became members before the rule change), in which case, the old rules still apply.
* e.g., ... Learnthespanish.com began charging a fee of $00 per month starting in November of last year. Members who established accounts on their websites before then however, were grandfathered in, which means that they can continue to use their services for free.
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[ "grandfathering" ]
1: To allow a subject to continue to function under an old rule, plan or policy, even after changes to that rule, plan or policy has been made. The change to the rule, plan or policy may include the abolishment of the rule, plan or policy itself.
* e.g., ... DuJour Cellular is phasing out the ABC cell phone plan soon, but they're grandfathering members with existing ABC plan subscriptions. Grandfathered ABC plan subscribers can continue to use their old plans, but new subscriptions will not be allowed.
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[ "Grandfather" ]
1: A man with silver in his hair and gold in his heart.
* e.g., ... I miss my Grandfather.
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[ "Grandfather" ]
1: Father of your dad a living and caring man in your eyes that will always be there for you he would do anything for you and give his one life for yours is not going standing man that is courageous ,brave ,and loving
* e.g., ... My grandfather is the best man alive
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[ "Grandfather" ]
1: The person who turns you into a man and makes sure you aren't in bad health.
* e.g., ... My grandfather is the older version of a badass role model who won't take shit from anybody.
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[ "Grandfather" ]
1: An extremely powerful evil adult that once ruled the world with an iron fist while forcing children to work in Tapioca Factories.
* e.g., ... Father: The one evil greater than I is, Grandfather!
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[ "grandfathering" ]
1: Keeping a plan for your cellphone even though they don't offer it anymore.
* e.g., ... Verizon doesn't have unlimited data anymore, but since I got my phone when they did, I'm grandfathering it.
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[ "Grandfather" ]
1: When someone soaks their hands in water, making them wrinkly, and gives you a handjob.
* e.g., ... Jesse gave me a grandfather last night, it reminded me of my grandpa.
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[ "grandfathered" ]
1: When a female is arranging a hook up with male 1 and, after the arrangement, she enters into a relationship with male 2, then male 1 is grandfathered into her pussy. Meaning, she can have sex with male 1 and it doesn’t count as cheating on male 2 because the arrangement was before she entered into a relationship with male Male 1 was grandfathered into her pussy.
* e.g., ... John and I are now exclusive, but I’m still meeting Sam this weekend because he was grandfathered months before John came around.
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