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great-grandfather
[ greyt-gran-fah-ther, -grand- ]
noun
- a grandfather of one's father or mother.
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Origin of great-grandfather1
Example Sentences
In the memoir, he carefully chronicles his great-grandfather’s unsavory involvement in Nazi chemical weapons research and gas mask development.
The memoir displays Dunthorne’s gift for wry understatement and his doggedness as a researcher: he dug through archives, toted around a Geiger counter and even cooked food that his great-grandfather once consumed.
That unreliability mirrors, whether intentionally or not, that of one of his principal sources: the voluminous, virtually unreadable memoir that his great-grandfather composed.
Dunthorne, in his wanderings, uncovers some impacts, direct and indirect, of his great-grandfather’s actions.
In the end, the memoirist wrestles with both his great-grandfather’s complicity and his family’s continuing ties to Germany.
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What doesgreat-grandfather mean?
A great-grandfather is the father of a person’s grandparent (the grandfather of a person’s parent).
When a father’s child has their own children, that father becomes a grandfather. When those children have their own children, he becomes a great-grandfather.
Should great-grandfather be capitalized?
Great-grandfather should be capitalized when it’s used as a proper name, as in Please tell Great-grandfather that I miss him.
But great-grandfather does not need to be capitalized when it’s simply used as a way to refer to him, as in Please tell my great-grandfather that I miss him.
Example: My kids were lucky enough to get to know three of their great-grandfathers.
Where doesgreat-grandfather come from?
The first records of the word great-grandfather come from the 1500s. The prefix grand- is used in family terms to indicate a person who is one generation removed, as in grandparent and grandchild. The prefix great- indicates yet another generation.
Another great- can be added for each generation. For example, your great-great-grandfather is the father of your great-grandfather. Most people refer to their great-grandfathers with titles like great-grandpa and great-grandpop, sometimes in combination with a name, as in Great-Grandpa Frank.
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What are some synonyms for great-grandfather?
- great-grandpa
What are some words that share a root or word element with great-grandfather?
What are some words that often get used in discussing great-grandfather?
How is great-grandfather used in real life?
Great-grandfather can be used as a title, but many families use their own unique names. Still, the title that grandchildren use for their grandfather often stays the same even after he becomes a great-grandfather.
I'm trying to figure out how to refer to this vehicle driven by my great-great grandfather. Anyone know if it's more properly described as a wagon or carriage? Photo dates to approximately 1915, probably Dallas area. (Poor hungry horse!)
— Maud Newton (@maudnewton)
My great aunt found this love letter written in 1936 from my great grandfather to my great grandmother and i –
— Chelsea Stahl (@chelseastahl)
Raise your hand if you have a father, grandfather or great-grandfather who was fighting Nazis! They were ! Anti-Fascist fighters.
— Edan Clay 🇺🇸 (@EdanClay)
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Is great-grandfather used correctly in the following sentence?
I’m a great-grandfather of 18, a grandfather of 12, and a father of four, so I know a thing or two about temper tantrums.
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