GRANDFATHERING

Verb

grandfathering

present participle of grandfather

Noun

grandfathering (usually uncountable, plural grandfatherings)

Exemption from new legislation or regulations.

Source: Wiktionary


GRANDFATHER

Grand"fa"ther, n.

Definition: A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs. (Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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