great-grandnephew
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother, Miriam Haas, married Peter Haas, the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss, the iconic denim company founder.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
Haas is a business person whose late husband was the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
“Wilbur began by writing to the Smithsonian Institution, asking for any information they had on flying,” says Stephen Wright, the Wright brothers’ great-grandnephew.
From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2021
Miller said it is the gravestone of Lewis Washington, a house servant of Lewis William Washington, the great-grandnephew of George Washington.
From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2017
Lou's great-grandnephew, Mortimer, who had just married and brought his wife home to the Ford menage, looked at Lou with consternation and surprise.
From The Big Trip Up Yonder by Vonnegut, Kurt
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
