great-granddaughter
Americannoun
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great-granddaughters
plural
Other Word Forms
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
I recognized the heroine immediately as Leon’s great-granddaughter, Chloe.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
Let not the great-granddaughters of these women blush for them however deeply they would blush themselves to be found in such employment.
From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Etta Belle Walker Northington
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