• Great-grandfather

    Pronunciation

    Full definition of great-grandfather

    Noun

    1. The father of a grandparent.

    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-grandfather" or "four-times-great-grandfather".

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