great-granddaughter
Americannoun
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great-granddaughters
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of great-granddaughter
First recorded in 1745–55
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Relatives said the victims were a woman in her 70s, a son and his wife, another son, her four grandchildren, and her great-granddaughter, who was two years old.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
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
Ms. Brock is survived by her stepchildren, Becca, Jono and Fletcher Brock; two grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and two great-great-grandchildren.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
When the sons of Colonel Aureliano Buendía were in Macondo for the first time, Úrsula remembered that in their veins they bore the same blood as her great-granddaughter and she shuddered with a forgotten fright.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A pensioner who became a kinship carer to prevent her two great-granddaughters from going into care says she knew she had to do it despite criticism from some friends.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
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
Mussolini’s great-granddaughters, Orsola and Vittoria Mussolini, also were on hand Friday to open an exhibit titled “100 Years of History between Revolution and Counter-Revolution.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
"Not that identical lady of course," said Reggie, who had joined the group by the fireside, "she died a hundred years ago; but her professional great-granddaughters are still there."
From Kimono by John Paris
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