granddaddy
noun
grand·dad·dy
ˈgran-ˌda-dē 
variants
or less commonly grandaddy
2
: one that is the first, earliest, or most venerable of its kind
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the granddaddy of all English mystery novels
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Fun factoid: Not even the granddaddy of the genre, Star Trek, did all that well in its original run on the evening in the late 1960s.
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Then there was the granddaddy of them all, in 2017, when the Browns played 16 games and lost all of them, which translated to no winning percentage at all: .000.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
In October 1974, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre birthed Leatherface, arguably the granddaddy of all celluloid slashers, and radically altered the landscape of horror cinema forevermore.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
While Disney is the granddaddy of all movie licensors, rated the number one top global brand licensing company by License Global bringing in some $62 million last year, NBCUniversal is a few steps behind, ranked as the number six biggest licensing generator.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Then there was the granddaddy of them all, in 2017, when the Browns played 16 games and lost all of them, which translated to no winning percentage at all: .000.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
In October 1974, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre birthed Leatherface, arguably the granddaddy of all celluloid slashers, and radically altered the landscape of horror cinema forevermore.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
While Disney is the granddaddy of all movie licensors, rated the number one top global brand licensing company by License Global bringing in some $62 million last year, NBCUniversal is a few steps behind, ranked as the number six biggest licensing generator.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Granddaddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granddaddy. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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