US /ˈɡrændpəˌpɑ/ UK /ˈɡrændpəˌpɑː/
noun Freq #50428

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    an informal or old-fashioned term for one's grandfather

    She kept the watch that her grandpapa had carried for fifty years.

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Synonyms
1 noun · an informal or... grandfathergrandpagranddad
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Word family
Forms grandpapa’s
Related forms papagrandparent

Etymology

An English compound of grand- and papa, recorded in the eighteenth century. It parallels grandfather but uses the affectionate family term papa for father.

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