grandson

nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn//

A son of one's child.

noun

1
A son of one's child.
Three days after his young grandsons died in a fire police said was set by their father, Chuck Cox on Wednesday still was coming to grips with what happened.
She’s now a great-grandmother with three sons, a grandson and two great-grandchildren.

Etymology

Etymology tree English grand- Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Proto-Germanic *sunuz Proto-West Germanic *sunu Old English sunu Middle English sone English son English grandson From grand- + son.

Forms

plural: grandsons

grandmother · A mother of someone's parent.grandpa · grandfather.Grandpa · An unfriendly and disparaging way of addressing an elderly…

grandson · A son of one's child.

granger · A member of the Grange, National Grange of the Patrons of…Granger · An English surname originating as an occupation for a granger…granite · A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of…

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