Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
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- noun The
father of agrandparent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a father of your grandparent
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Examples
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Some experts fear the water in the sewage-filled and trash-strewn lake is slowly killing the turtle, which is thought to weigh about 200 kilograms and is affectionately called "great-grandfather."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TRAN VAN MINH 2011
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Not only had his great-great-grandfather George V, his great-grandfather George VI, and his grandfather Prince Philip attended the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, but Prince Charles and Prince Andrew had also gone there.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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Says Normann: "When Jim put his hand on the tombstone, this connected him to his surroundings--as if his hand were on his great-grandfather's shoulder."
Stephanie Woodard: Photography Book to Offer Innovative Look at Indian Reservation Stephanie Woodard 2012
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Mr. McGraw, whose great-grandfather started McGraw-Hill in 1888, took over the company in 1998.
McGraw-Hill in Cross Hairs Gina Chon 2011
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Rendered almost entirely in shades of green, with delicate black lines and an occasional accent of pink or red, Mr. Lane creates the glorious garden tended by a little boy's great-grandfather.
Mankind's Variety In Candy Colors Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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If I were to sum up the past 100 years of Jewish history in a nutshell, I'd say: To find an American Jew under 40 whose great-grandfather, or great-great-grandfather, was strictly observant back in the Old Country is no big deal.
Rabbi Shais Taub: Celebrating 70 Years Since The Rebbe Arrived In America Rabbi Shais Taub 2011
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Yet -- and here's where this June 30 comes in -- I look like my great-great grandfather, not like my great-grandfather.
Rabbi Shais Taub: Celebrating 70 Years Since The Rebbe Arrived In America Rabbi Shais Taub 2011
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Though hardly the oldest member of her lineage, she had been deemed by a plurality of her clan as the worthiest successor to her great-grandfather, Gorelt, after his death.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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My great-grandfather moved to this side of the world and made a conscious choice to deprive my grandfather of a bar-mitzvah.
Rabbi Shais Taub: Celebrating 70 Years Since The Rebbe Arrived In America Rabbi Shais Taub 2011
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"Most people haven't been to their great-grandfather's grave and realize there's space," Mr. Toale said.
Life Among the Headstones Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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