GRANDFATHER, GREAT-GRANDFATHER
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABUELO in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandfather; generally, an elderly man; also, a familiar title or form of address → 1876
► AIEL ► AYLE a grandfather → a1325 obs.
► AULD DADDY grandfather → 1822 Sc.
► AULD-FATHER a grandfather → 1898 Sc. (Bk)
► BABA a grandfather → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BABUS grandfather → 1890 gypsy usage (Bk)
► BAMPA a grandfather → 1982 Amer. dial.
► BAMPAW a grandfather → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BAMPI a grandfather → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BAPA a grandfather → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BAWBUS a grandfather → 1890 gypsy usage (Bk)
► BAW-PA a grandfather → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BEAYELL a grandfather’s father, a great grandfather → c1540 obs.
► BELFATHER a grandfather → c1440 obs.
► BELGRANDFATHER a great-great-grandfather → 19C
► BELSIER a grandfather; an ancestor → 1377 obs.
► BELSIRE a grandfather; also, a foregather, an ancestor → a1325 obs.
► BESAIEL ► BESAILE ► BESAYLE a grandfather’s father; a great-grandfather → 1480 obs.
► BIG DAD ► BIG DADDY one’s grandfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BIG PA ► BIG PAPA one’s grandfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BOBBY a grandfather → 1911 Sc. (Bk)
► BUBBA a grandfather → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUMPER one’s grandfather; used as an affectionate form of address → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUMPS one’s grandfather; used as an affectionate form of address → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUSHA a grandfather → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DADDY one’s grandfather; an older man → 1883 Amer. dial.
► DADDY-GRAND one’s grandfather; an older man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DADDY-PAW one’s grandfather; an older man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► ELDFATHER a grandfather; a forefather in general, an ancestor → c1000 obs.
► FURTHER-EALDEFADER a great-grandfather → 1155 obs.
► GABBIE ► GABBY a grandfather → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk)
► GAFFER an elderly rustic; an old fellow; a grandfather; also, a fellow → 1589
► GAFFIE a grandfather → 1942 Sc.
► GAGA a child’s term for grandfather → 1974 sl.
► GEETSHER a grandfather; grandsire → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk)
► GIBBY a grandfather → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk)
► GOMPY grandfather → 1962 Amer. dial.
► GOVERNOR one’s grandfather, or husband → 1888 Amer. dial.
► GRAMFER a grandfather → 1825 Eng. dial.
► GRAMP ► GRAMPS a grandfather → 1898 sl.
► GRAMPAP grandfather → 1919 Amer. dial.
► GRAMPY grandfather → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk)
► GRANDAD ► GRAND-DAD a grandfather → 1819 sl.
► GRANDADDY ► GRAND-DADDY a grandfather → 1769 sl.
► GRANDFER a grandfather → 1889 Eng. dial.
► GRANDPA a grandfather → 1862 sl.
► GRANDPAN grandfather → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GRANDPAPPY a grandfather → 1919 sl.
► GRANDPAW grandfather → 1960 Amer. dial.
► GRANDPOP a grandfather → 1890 sl.
► GRANDPOPS one’s grandfather → 1920s sl.
► GRANDY a grandfather → 1791 Sc.
► GRANKY grandfather → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GRANNY a grandfather → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GRANTHER a grandfather → 1828 Amer. dial.
► GREAT FATHER a grandfather → 1484 obs.
► GREAT-GRANDSIRE a great-grandfather → 1577 obs.
► GREAT PAPPY a grandfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GREAT SIRE a grandfather → 1704 obs.
► GROS-POP a grandfather → 1986 Amer. dial.
► GRUMPS grandfather → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GRUMPY grandfather → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GUMPS grandfather → 1969 Amer. dial.
► GUTCHER ► GUTSHER a grandfather → 1523 chiefly Sc.
► LUCKY-DAD a grandfather → 1610 Sc. obs.
► LUCKY-DADDY a grandfather → 1706 Sc.
► MEE-POP a grandfather → 1969 Amer. dial.
► MOTHER-FATHER a maternal grandfather → a1000 obs.
► NANU a grandfather or grandmother; also, a term of address → 1969 Amer. dial.
► OLD DADDY one’s grandfather; an older man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD FATHER a grandfather → 1905 Sc. (Bk)
► OLD MASTER grandfather → 1970 Amer. dial.
► OLD PAP ► OLD POP one’s grandfather → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OLD PAPPY a grandfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OPA one’s grandfather → 1962 Amer. dial.
► OPI one’s grandfather → 1995 Amer. dial.
► PA grandfather → 1956 Amer. dial.
► PAP a grandfather; an old man → 1955 Amer. dial.
► PAPA a grandfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PA-PAP ► PAP-PAP a grandfather → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PA-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather → 1942 Amer. dial.
► PAPPY a grandfather; occasionally, a great-uncle → 1953 Amer. dial.
► PAW-PA a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PAW-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather → 1956 Amer. dial.
► PEEPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PO-PO a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POPPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather → 1962 Amer. dial.
► POP-POP a grandfather → 1951 Amer. dial.
► POPPY a grandfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PU-PAP a grandfather → 1967 Amer. dial.
► TAE a child’s term for father; also, a paternal or maternal grandfather → 1972 Sc.
► WADDY a grandfather → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk)
► ZAIDY ► ZAYDE a grandfather; an elderly man; frequently used as a respectful form of address or term of endearment → 1946