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great-grandaunt

American  
[greyt-grand-ant, -ahnt] / ˌgreɪtˈgrændˌænt, -ˌɑnt /

noun

  1. an aunt of one's grandfather or grandmother.


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Because my great-grandaunt, Maritcha Lyons, left a memoir, I’ve been able to learn something about the work experiences of my great-great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth Hewlett Marshall.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2012

With languid step she ascended the stair, and was presently beside her great-grandaunt, Patricia Bower.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton

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