granddaughter
Americannoun
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granddaughters
plural
noun
Usage
Spelling tips for granddaughter The word granddaughter is hard to spell because it’s a combination of two words, one of which (daughter) has a tricky vowel combination and some silent letters. How to spell granddaughter: First, remember that you should spell granddaughter as one word, without a space or a hyphen, and that you should include two d’s—both the one from the end of grand and the one from the beginning of daughter. Next, remember the vowel combination in daughter is the same as it is in the word taught. If you have a granddaughter, this spelling may be one you’ve taught her!
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Origin of granddaughter
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At the end, he will be met by his 36-year-old son Adam, a 12-year-old granddaughter whom he has never met, his father and brothers.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The Medea we meet here is a teenage princess of Colchis infatuated with Jason—as well as a sorceress, a priestess of Hecate and the semidivine granddaughter of the sun god Helios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Since the Thursday rampage, Sherry Lauer, 56, has been watching her five-year-old granddaughter for signs of how she is processing the tragedy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Suzy Minken, 70, relocated to Fairfax, Va., from New Jersey in November 2024 to be there in time for the arrival of her granddaughter, who was born in January 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
The granddaughter and her aunts had counted them and planted them diagonally across the heart, joke candles that wouldn't blow out.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
I was just there yesterday with my granddaughters, after we all played Pickleball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
In her 50s, she worked as a nanny and took care of her twin granddaughters before they entered daycare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
All of our lives and liberty, and those of our daughters, nieces, and granddaughters, depend on it.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
City life has hardened her daughters and granddaughters in all the wrong ways and made them too soft in others.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
“When your granddaughters hear that...you made no protest,” she said, “they will blush for their ancestry.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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