great-grandson
Americannoun
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great-grandsons
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of great-grandson
First recorded in 1710–20
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“The cats were originally for pest control,” says Ben Aubuchon, marketing manager for Aubuchon and great-grandson of the founder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Ferris Wafle and Michael O’Conner never got to meet their great-grandson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The company’s previous owner—Greg Rising, the great-grandson of founder Towers F. Hamilton—devoted more than two decades to keeping the company alive through recessions, changing tourism habits and the digital revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
MBaer was founded in 2018 by Michael Baer, the great-grandson of Julius Baer, who founded that eponymous bank.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026
I could see the personal victory swell up in her whenever she had her sister’s great-grandson under her roof, at her table, or in front of her television.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
In addition to his wife, Chris, Christensen is survived by children Gayle Rae and Michael Christensen, grandchildren Amanda and Nicholas Rea and two great-grandsons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
The Hebrew Bible notes that Joseph, one of Abraham’s twelve great-grandsons, ended up in Egypt.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Survivors include three children, Anne, Andrew and Lawrence Mirisch; a granddaughter; and two great-grandsons.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
Los Angeles County returned it to their great-grandsons last year.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
On the highest rounds of the social ladder stood the great-grandsons of Major Simon Willard, the Puritan commander in the war of 1675.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 by Various
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