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Noun: grandaddy  'gran,da-dee
Usage: informal
  1. [N. Amer, informal] Informal term for grandfather
    "The children loved visiting their grandaddy on the farm";
    - grandfather, gramps [informal], granddad [informal], grandad [informal], granddaddy [informal], grandpa [informal], gramp [informal], grampy [informal], grandpapa [archaic]
     
  2. The first, or best, most important, or largest example of a particular thing
    "That old oak is the grandaddy of all the trees in the forest";
    - granddaddy [informal]

Derived forms: grandaddies

Type of: grandparent

Encyclopedia: Grandaddy