grand-

a combining form used in genealogical terminology meaning “one generation more remote”: grandfather; grandnephew.

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British Dictionary definitions for grand-

grand-

prefix

(in designations of kinship) one generation removed in ascent or descentgrandson; grandfather

Word Origin for grand-

from French grand-, on the model of Latin magnus in such phrases as avunculus magnus great-uncle

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