grandsire (plural grandsires)
Grandfather.
Any male ancestor.
Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
(equestrian) The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather
In the equestrian sense, maternal grandfather is a damsire (i.e. sire of a dam), not a grandsire.
Source: Wiktionary
Grand"sire", n. Etym: [OF. grantsire. See Grand, and Sire.]
Definition: Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
