great-granddaughter
Americannoun
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great-granddaughters
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of great-granddaughter
First recorded in 1745–55
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The husband of Shepard’s great-granddaughter, he has taken up family loyalties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Among people present was Orsola Mussolini, great-granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, who supplied crucial military backing to Franco during the civil war alongside Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
“The Rogers family is devastated by the loss of the California ranch and the overwhelming loss of the community,” Jennifer Rogers-Etcheverry, the actor’s great-granddaughter, said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
In a village one hour’s drive from Kumasi, I met Princess Molly Prempeh, an animated lady in her 80s, and also a great-granddaughter of Prempeh.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024
The birth of the latest José Arcadio and her unshakable will to bring him up to be Pope finally caused her to cease worrying about her great-granddaughter.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Included on the list are Taylor Swift, Melinda French Gates, the president of In-N-Out Burger and the great-granddaughters of agriculture entrepreneur William Wallace Cargill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters also attended.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025
Peter said his dad, who had five granddaughters, two great-grandsons and six great-granddaughters, had been battling cancer in recent times.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
In addition to her and his granddaughter Ms. Hoof, he is survived by three daughters, Tejal Panthaki, Radhika Kathpalia and Maneesha Akkitham; four other grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Let not the great-granddaughters of these women blush for them however deeply they would blush themselves to be found in such employment.
From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Etta Belle Walker Northington
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