Scottish term for a grandchild, combining the standard English prefix 'grand-' with 'wean,' the Scots word for a young child or baby.
Scottish term for a grandchild, combining the standard English prefix 'grand-' with 'wean,' the Scots word for a young child or baby. Warmly used by grandparents across Scotland and the Scottish diaspora, grandwean carries the same affectionate weight as 'grandkid' in American English. You'll hear it at family gatherings from Glasgow to the Highlands, and it perfectly captures the cozy informality of Scottish family life.
My grandwean is only three but already has more personality than anyone else in the family.
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A grandparent or grandchild.
(Geordie) A grandchild.
(informal, Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) grandfather.
A warm Geordie and broader northern English and Scots term for a grandchild — combining 'grand' with 'bairn', the northern word for a child. Where southern English speakers say grandchild and Americans say grandkid, Geordies say grandbairn, and it carries an unmistakable tenderness. It's the word a Tyneside grandmother uses when talking about the little ones, and it captures something of the fierce, particular affection of the northeast in its sound alone.
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(Scotland) grandchild.
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