Definition of "grandaddy" [grandaddy]

• Variant of granddaddy. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "So _agüelo_ -- "grandaddy" -- shivering in his drenched clothes and his teeth chattering, walked resolutely in."
• "Known as the grandaddy of shrimp gatherings, at this celebration you can eat everything from paella to gumbo to cocktail to fried shrimp."
• "No one else is a Christian- I don't care what church they go to, or how long they have been going there, or how long their grandaddy was a deacon there, or how much money they have given them, or how many church annexes are named after their family, or how many times they have been dunked or sprinkled."