grandfather
தாத்தா
definition
verb
smokers who worked here before the ban have been grandfathered
exempt (someone or something) from a new law or regulation.
noun
His grandmother was a singer, both his grandfather and father were principal dancers and his mother danced in the corps.
the father of one's father or mother.
translation of 'grandfather'
பாட்டன்,
தாத்தா
noun
பாட்டனார்
example
The field belonged to my 'grandfather' and my father built our bungalow on the land in 1953.
I speak to you as a father, as a 'grandfather' , and most of all as someone who cares deeply about all of you.
You'd call him the grandfather of stand-up comedy, if 'grandfather' didn't seem altogether too cosy.
He was indeed politically aware, since his 'grandfather' and father were both MPs and his wife was the daughter of another.
The 'grandfather' of three has concerns about the quality of education for the next generation.
The 'grandfather' of the family is in charge of the hotel's small shop.
As the patriarch of the family, my 'grandfather' commanded an enormous amount of respect.
Freud is often called the 'grandfather' of psychoanalysis
It is believed that the girls had been visiting their 'grandfather' with their mother from Pakistan.
His father's father fought in the First World War, while his 'grandfather' on his mother's side saw service in the Boer War.
Freud is often called the 'grandfather' of psychoanalysis
Indeed the 'grandfather' of genetics is Mendel, a monk who lived in Brno, now in the Czech Republic.
He still writes for newspapers and describes himself principally as a journalist, but to the rest of us he is the 'grandfather' of chat.
His grandmother was a singer, both his 'grandfather' and father were principal dancers and his mother danced in the corps.
His 'grandfather' 's medals clinked as the old man brought his right hand smartly up in a salute.
Finbar spends one Saturday every month with his father, his 'grandfather' and his great-grandfather.
I grew up in a musical environment, with my 'grandfather' and father leading me.
We heard our fathers and 'grandfathers' argue over the same teams and players.
And with his big glasses, it was a 'grandfatherly' image that would beckon any young ‘un to come closer and enjoy.
A bad law should not be an excuse for 'grandfathering' such outrageous economic favoritism.
I often heard the lament that their Arab 'grandfathers' and fathers had not thought enough about education, and had simply pushed their sons into the family business.
NSR involves changes to pre-1977 power plants that were 'grandfathered' under the Clean Air Act.
Current members will be 'grandfathered' in, regardless of rating.
Sailors with 10 or more years of service as of July 1 will be 'grandfathered' , allowing them to remain on active duty to reach retirement eligibility.
He has such a genial, 'grandfatherly' manner that criminals seem genuinely relieved to be able to confess to him.
You just have to treat other people in a grandmotherly or 'grandfatherly' fashion.
The Herbert Hoover library was 'grandfathered' into the system by the Libraries Act.
Looking down the list now, I wonder how many of the families of those who worked at the gas works could ever afford to take advantage of the land their fathers and 'grandfathers' worked on.
Her father and 'grandfathers' were Presbyterian ministers.
I like many things about this book, but not the picture of Mr Foot, looking very old, haggard and 'grandfatherly' , on the dust jacket.
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