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great-granddaughter

great-granddaughter

6 2.4
A daughter of your grandchild
  • noun
  • /ˈɡreɪtˈɡrænˌdɔːtər/
translation icon : bisnieta
  • The entire estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, a great-granddaughter of King Kamehameha I and the wife of a wealthy Euro-American investment banker, was bequeathed upon her death in 1884 to establish the school.
  • a great-granddaughter and another grandchild
  • a great-granddaughter and a grandson
  • a great-granddaughter, granddaughter, and daughter

Examples

  • On her birthday, one of her great-granddaughters did her portrait, starting from her feet and taking particular trouble with the lozenges of color on her blanket.

    Academic text (2001)
  • If our family's oral histories are to be trusted, she was also the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of George Washington Robinson.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Look, this is his great-granddaughter and her husband.

  • "My great-granddaughter's living with me now, and I pick her up every day after school.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I raised 4 children, now have 10 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter.

    Blog text (22)
  • She would appear to be your great-granddaughter.

  • But I do know that on Mother's Day, when we put baby Kate in my mother's arms, she gave her great-granddaughter a gentle kiss.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • And I beg every other woman to fight for themselves, their daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters.

    Blog text (29)
  • My own great-granddaughter.

  • Her family now includes a grandson and a great-granddaughter great-granddaughter as well.

How Close

daughter
1.0
granddaughter
213 1.0
great-granddaughter
6 2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

great-granddaughter = granddaughter (transparent) = great + grand + daughter

Formed by adding 'great' to 'granddaughter' to indicate one additional generation; the relation is directly deducible.

Etymology

Great-granddaughter combines great and granddaughter. 'Granddaughter' means 'daughter of your child', and great shows 'one more generation', so a great-granddaughter is the daughter of your grandchild.