English-Thai Dictionary

grandfather

N ปู่  ตา  granddad pu-ta

 

grandfather clock

N นาฬิกา ลูกตุ้ม ขนาดใหญ่  na-li-ka-luk-tum-ka-nad-yai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRANDFATHER

n.A father's or mother's father; the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRANDFATHER

GRANDFATHER Grand "fa "ther, n.

 

Defn: 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.

 

GRANDFATHERLY

GRANDFATHERLY Grand "fa "ther *ly, a.

 

Defn: Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent. He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grandfather

grand fa ther |ˈgran (d )ˌfäT͟Hər ˈɡræn (d )ˌfɑðər | ▶noun the father of one's father or mother. • the person who founded or originated something: Freud is often called the grandfather of psychoanalysis. ▶verb [ with obj. ] informal exempt (someone or something ) from a new law or regulation: smokers who worked here before the ban have been grandfathered. DERIVATIVES grand fa ther ly adjective

 

grandfather clause

grand fa ther clause ▶noun informal a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: so called because under constitutional clauses in some southern states, permitting whites to vote and disenfranchising blacks, the descendants of those voting before 1867 were permitted to vote without having to meet certain stringent conditions.

 

grandfather clock

grand fa ther clock |ˈɡræn (d )fɑðər ˈˌklɑk | ▶noun a clock in a tall freestanding wooden case, driven by weights.

 

Oxford Dictionary

grandfather

grand |father |ˈgran (d )fɑːðə | ▶noun the father of one's father or mother. • the person who founded or originated something: Freud is often called the grandfather of psychoanalysis. ▶verb [ with obj. ] N. Amer. informal exempt (someone or something ) from a new law or regulation: smokers who worked here before the ban have been grandfathered. DERIVATIVES grandfatherly adjective

 

grandfather clause

grand |father clause ▶noun N. Amer. informal a clause exempting certain pre-existing classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from a clause in the constitutions of some Southern states, exempting from voting restrictions the descendants of men who voted before the Civil War.

 

grandfather clock

grand |father clock ▶noun a clock in a tall free-standing wooden case, driven by weights.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

grandfather

grandfather noun 1 his grandfather lives here: informal granddad, grandad, grandpa, gramps, grampy, granddaddy, grandaddy, poppa. 2 the grandfather of modern liberalism: founder, inventor, originator, creator, initiator; father, founding father, pioneer. 3 our pioneering grandfathers: forefather, forebear, ancestor, progenitor, antecedent. ▶verb federal funding was eliminated for these air-polluting road projects, but a loophole has grandfathered the previously funded projects: exempt, excuse, free, exclude, grant immunity to, spare, absolve; informal let off (the hook ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

grandfather

grandfather noun 1 his grandfather was a mathematician: informal grandad, grandpa, grandpop; N. Amer. informal gramps, grand daddy. 2 he was the grandfather of modern liberalism: founder, inventor, originator, creator, initiator, instigator, father, founding father, pioneer, framer, mastermind; literary begetter; rare establisher. 3 our Victorian grandfathers: forefather, forebear, ancestor, progenitor, antecedent. ▶verb N. Amer. informal smokers who worked here before the ban have been grandfathered: exempt, excuse, make an exception of /for, give /grant immunity to, let off, release, exclude, exonerate; informal let off the hook.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

grandfather

grand fa ther /ɡrǽn (d )fɑ̀ːðə r /名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 祖父 ; おじいさん (!(1 )｟くだけて ｠ではgrandpa, granddaddy, grandadなど. (2 )家庭内では固有名詞として無冠詞のG -で用いることがある ) ▸ my grandfather on my father's side 私の父方の祖父 2 〖しばしば ～s 〗(男性の )祖先 .3 創設者 ; さきがけ (｟男女共用 ｠founder ).動詞 他動詞 ｟米 ｠〈人 法人 物 〉を新規法令 [規則, 要件 ]の適用除外とする .～̀ ('s ) cl ó ck (振り子式の背の高い箱型 )大時計 .～ly 形容詞 祖父の (ような ); 優しい .