great-grandson
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- noun
- /ˈɡreɪtˈɡrænˌsʌn/
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- The man, who turned out to be Orchard's great-grandson, finally wrote back.
Let us also say the narrator is a man named Ryan, the great grandson of Fergus Kilpatrick.
- Let us also say the narrator is a man named Ryan, the great grandson of Fergus Kilpatrick.
Examples
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My great-grandson loves to tell stories about his favorite superheroes.
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We spoke with the congressman's great-grandson, John Ambrose Fauntroy V, the Democratic nominee for president, at his Washington, D.C., campaign headquarters.
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The great-grandson of King Kong, maybe.
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His great-grandson was Johnny Mercer.
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And here, too, is the great-grandson of that former master, waiting on Douglass and showing him every possible courtesy.
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Well, the next earl will be Matthew's son, my grandson, your great-grandson.
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Of course, we know that Rakesh's great-grandson, Bobby Jindal, became governor of the Great State of Louisiana.
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In fact, one of the great-grandsons of Wagner gave a seminar at Ben Gurion University in Beersheva.
Academic text (1998) -
The book of Genesis tells us that the first descendant of Abraham to arrive in Egypt was his great-grandson, Joseph the son of Jacob.
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John Winthrop IV, great-grandson of Massachusetts's early Puritan founder, worked at the one American college with adequate equipment.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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A child of your grandson or granddaughter
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Etymology
The word great-grandson comes from adding great to grandson, where grandson means the 'son of your child' and great shows 'one generation more', so a great-grandson is the son of your grandson or granddaughter.