![]() Grandfather clock is c.1880, from the popular song they were previously known as tall case clocks or eight-day clocks. ![]() South for men whose forebears had voted before the Civil War. Grandfather clause originally (1900) referred to exemptions from post-Reconstruction voting restrictions in the U.S. Replaced grandsire and Old English ealdefæder. (often capital) a familiar term of address for an old manĮarly 15c., from grand (adj.) + father (n.), probably on analogy of French grand-père.He was grandfathered into the pension plan. to exempt (something or someone) from new legislation, restrictions, or requirements: The law grandfathered all banks already operating at the time of passage. ![]() the first of one’s or its kind, or the one being longest in existence: the grandfather of all steam locomotives. the founder or originator of a family, species, type, etc.
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