great-grandchild
Americannoun
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great-grandchildren
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of great-grandchild
First recorded in 1745–55
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He uses Uber to go to concerts and museums and took one to the hospital to see his first great-grandchild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Murdoch-Mann later wed her third husband, Ashton dePeyster, who survives her along with 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
According to the Sun-Times, his survivors include their two sons, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
After spending 40 minutes with his great-grandchild, Biden showed up at a Santa Monica fire station saying, “It’s astounding what’s happening.”
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2025
For some time Agnes had not been able to do much for her, but another great-grandchild, herself a widow and a mother, was spending the winter with her.
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by George MacDonald
Mills is survived by five children, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Some of that money belongs to Valor’s limited partners, but Gracias gets a nice carry there, and certainly stands to make the kind of money that his great-grandchildren will enjoy.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Edith Eger is survived by their children—Marianne Engle, a clinical psychologist; Audrey Thompson, an executive coach, and John Eger, a retired business manager—along with five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
She’s clearly positioned in the film as an intellectually rich matriarch—there are lovingly shot images of her with her grand- and great-grandchildren on the beach, and footage of her playing Bach.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
For example, two great-grandchildren, Chemo and Chepa Martinez, aged seven and nine, always rode with Onofre in his truck when he collected honey from the twenty hives he had scattered around the Milagro area.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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