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‘A male can be a grandfather.’

[⟨det male.n⟩ grandfather.n]

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In Wikipedia:

In an effort to get Roger away from their daughter, Ross and Vanessa used Roger’s visitation rights for Peter (since he was Peter’s grandfather) as a weapon.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Today we went swimming at Uncle Ron’s, He is Dave Jetski’s Grandfather.
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In Wikipedia:

Lou Stillman was my Grandfather.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Paul Francis was my grandfather.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Who thought he was Echizen’s grandfather and still made out with him in places that only Oishi seemed to be able to catch them.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Joe Biden is a grandfather many times over.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I probably should have made Nick an Elder here, since he is a grandfather, but then I wouldn’t have been able to make his kids his kids in CAS, so I’ll age him up later.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But he was almost the Grandfather I never had.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He was my only grandfather, and I never even got the chance to get to know him.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Blessed that he was my grandfather.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He too was made of porcelain, and he said he was the little shepherdess’s grandfather.
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In Wikipedia:

Steven Sharpe III is Rebecca’s grandfather and was the original Gambler who vexed the original Justice Society in the late 1940s.
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In Wikipedia:

She claimed that James Wilmot was her grandfather, not her uncle.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He was the grandfather my children never had.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It would be reasonable to assume that Jacob is a grandfather at this point, or at least that a third generation is emerging.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He is a caring grandfather.
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In Project Gutenberg:

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Who thought he was Echizen’s grandfather and still made out with him in places that only Oishi seemed to be able to catch them.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He was my maternal grandfather.
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In Wikipedia:

Rumours about King state that he is Zoffy’s maternal grandfather or even Yurian’s father.
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Queried on 2013-05-25.