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great-granddaughter

American  
[greyt-gran-daw-ter] / ˌgreɪtˈgrænˌdɔ tər /

noun

great-granddaughters plural
  1. a granddaughter of one's son or daughter.


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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of great-granddaughter

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

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His wife survives him, along with three of his five sons, three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 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

And George Durrant, who served in the intelligence corps, appeared on stage with his great-granddaughter as he urged people not to forget the sacrifices made by his comrades.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

“The … loss of Will Rogers’ historic home is certainly a tragedy, and the entire Cherokee Nation is sending our thoughts and prayers to great-granddaughter Jennifer Rogers-Etcheverry and family,” Hoskin said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

Aureliano would talk to him in the tortured Papiamento that he had learned in a few weeks and sometimes he would share his chicken-head soup, prepared by the great-granddaughter, with him.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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