# grandson

/ˈɡɹændˌsən/ (US) · /ɡɹˈændsʌn/ (UK) · CEFR A1 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/grandson
Updated: 2026-05-02

## Definition

the son of your son or daughter. You are this person's grandfather or grandmother.

For teachers: a male grandchild; the son of one's son or daughter.

## Examples

- My grandson visits me every Sunday afternoon.
- The elderly man proudly showed everyone a photograph of his newborn grandson.
- She spent the entire summer teaching her grandson how to tend the garden, passing down skills her own father had taught her decades earlier.

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