• Great-grandmother

    Full definition of great-grandmother

    Noun

    great-grandmother

    (plural great-grandmothers)
    1. The mother of one's 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, "four-greats grandmother" or "four-times-great-grandmother".

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