great-grandmother

See also: great grandmother

English

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Etymology

From great- +‎ grandmother.

Noun

great-grandmother (plural great-grandmothers)

  1. The mother of one's grandparent.
    • 2017 February 10, Maureen O'Hare, “Great-grandmother cycles 10,000 miles – and she’s not stopping”, in CNN‎[1]:
      She’s now a great-grandmother with three sons, a grandson and two great-grandchildren.

Usage notes

Additional instances of "great-" can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of ancestry. For large numbers of generations a number can be substituted, for example, "fourth great-grandmother", "four-greats grandmother" or "four-times-great-grandmother".

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