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Defenition of the word grandfather clause

    • Defenition of the word grandfather clause

      • an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in US south after the Civil War
      • an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War

    Hypernyms for the word grandfather clause

      • exemption
      • freedom

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