great-grandfather

/ɡɹeɪtɡɹˈændfɑðɝ/

great-grandfather

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Definition

The father of one's grandparent.

Etymology

From great- + grandfather.

Example Sentences

  • "The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers."
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