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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

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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

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

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

And the little girl is Lili, Aiyi’s great-granddaughter.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

The great-granddaughters of agriculture entrepreneur William Wallace Cargill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters also attended.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025

Peter said his dad, who had five granddaughters, two great-grandsons and six great-granddaughters, had been battling cancer in recent times.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 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

The actual pairing cells are thus second cousins, great-granddaughters of the original cell of the secondary cysts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

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