great-grandparent
noun
a grandfather or grandmother of one's father or mother.
great-grandparents
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pluralof great-grandparent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Five others were born to immigrant parents and two others have immigrant grandparents or great-grandparents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Boyd’s great-grandparents, August and Antonia Maternowski, purchased Union in 1918 and ran it with the help of their 12 children.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
Third-degree relatives, such as cousins or great-grandparents and great-grandchildren, share one eighth.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
“We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured,” Mark Rutte warned over the weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Pena had blood samples from people who believed their grandparents or great-grandparents were Indians and who had lived in Botocudo territory.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
