# grandparent

Pronunciation: say "GRAND-pair-uhnt" /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/

## Noun

1. A parent of one's mother or father.
   - Simple: The mother or father of one of your parents.
   - _Each grandparent contributed an old story to the family album._
   - _Many children first learn family traditions from their grandparents._

## Verb

2. To exempt someone or something from a new rule because of a situation that already existed before the rule took effect.
   - Simple: To let someone or something keep old rights when a new rule begins.
   - _Lawmakers agreed to grandparent the current license holders rather than make them reapply._
   - _The new building code grandparents older structures that already met the previous standards._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix grand- and parent, comparable to French grand-parent.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/grandparent (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).