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great-grandfather

[ greyt-gran-fah-th er, -grand- ]

/ ˌgreɪtˈgrænˌfɑ ðər, -ˈgrænd- /

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noun

a grandfather of one's father or mother.

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Origin of great-grandfather

First recorded in 1505–15

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for great-grandfather

Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
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His great-grandfather, David Yellin, was a prominent Zionist scholar and Israeli pioneer.
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Lobanov hadn't seen the sea until he was 28, though he has some maritime roots—his great-grandfather was from the Greek islands.
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“Your great-grandfather killed my great-grandfather” can also do the trick.
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Charles is 52 and a great-grandfather, which in terms of simple mathematics is quite a feat.
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Sir Anthony, the third baronet, took after his great-grandfather and dreamed of sailing north to help the Earl of Mar in 1715.
The Vanity Girl|Compton Mackenzie
This Kirschius was inherited from my great-grandfather and it did not suffer much damage.
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Why, you are actually shivering over something which happened in my great-grandfather's time!
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It was given to my great-grandfather when he was mayor of Middleburg.
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My materials for my great-grandfather are almost null; for my grandfather copious and excellent.
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Word Origin and History for great-grandfather

great-grandfather

n.

1510s, from great + grandfather.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper