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grand·son

(grănd′sŭn′, grăn′-)

A son of one's child.

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grandson

(ˈɡrænsʌn; ˈɡrænd-)

a son of one's son or daughter

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grand•son

(ˈgrænˌsʌn, ˈgrænd-)

n.

a son of one's son or daughter.

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Noun

grandson - a male grandchild

grandchild - a child of your son or daughter

Translations

حَفِيد

vnuk

barnebarn

Enkel Enkelsohn

εγγονός

nieto

tyttärenpoikalapsenlapsipojanpoika

petit-fils

unuk

nipote abiatico

孫息子

손자

nepos

vnuk

dottersonsonson

หลานชาย

erkek torun

cháu trai

孙子

grandson

[ˈgrænsʌn] N → nieto m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

grandson

[ˈgrændsʌn] n → petit-fils m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

grandson

[ˈgrænˌsʌn] n → nipote m, nipotino (di nonno)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

grandson

→ حَفِيد vnuk barnebarn Enkelsohn εγγονός nieto tyttärenpoika petit-fils unuk nipote 孫息子 손자 kleinzoon sønnesønn wnuczek neto внук dotterson หลานชาย erkek torun cháu trai 孙子

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

grandson

n nieto

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The old man sat himself down in a chair, and with folded hands, looked sometimes at his grandson and sometimes at his strange companion, as if he were utterly powerless and had no resource but to leave them to do as they pleased.

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The lad insisted on being always at her side, and when at last she was safely ensconced in the bottom of the craft that was to bear them shoreward her grandson dropped catlike after her.

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They were once sitting thus when the little grandson of four years old began to gather together some bits of wood upon the ground.

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Rouncewell's grandson, who, being out of his apprenticeship, and home from a journey in far countries, whither he was sent to enlarge his knowledge and complete his preparations for the venture of this life, stands leaning against the chimney- piece this very day in Mrs.

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This grandee was the grandson of an American of considerable note in his day, and not wholly forgotten yet--a man who came so near being a great man that he was quite generally accounted one while he lived.

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He is the last Lord Kelso's grandson. His mother was a Devereux, Lady Margaret Devereaux.

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This man's grandfather, also named Edgar--they keep the tradition of the family Christian name--quarrelled with his family and went to live abroad, not keeping up any intercourse, good or bad, with his relatives, although this particular Edgar, as I told you, did visit his family estate, yet his son was born and lived and died abroad, while his grandson, the latest inheritor, was also born and lived abroad till he was over thirty--his present age.

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As to enlisting in the ranks, and working my way up, the social institutions of my country obliged the grandson of Lady Malkinshaw to begin military life as an officer and gentleman, or not to begin it at all.

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This is a history of Scotland, and it was written for his grandson John Hugh Lockhard, or Hugh Littlejohn as he is called in The Tales.

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His name is Owen Ford, and he's a newspaper man, and it seems he's a grandson of the schoolmaster who built this house.