great-grandfather

[greyt-gran-fah-ther, -grand-]

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noun

a grandfather of one's father or mother.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of great-grandfather¹

First recorded in 1505–15

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Example Sentences

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Now living in New Hampshire, after moving to the US to play university-level ice hockey and coach, Ms Duggan - whose great-grandfather was a mayor of Edmonton - said the Oilers are still her home team.

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Her great-grandfather served in the Vietnam War and, on his return, took a job in the U.S.

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Growing up, Jennifer Rogers knew little about her famous great-grandfather.

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Rogrers hopes that, eventually, some kind of tribute to her great-grandfather will stand where the house once did.

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After watching the video, Jennifer Rogers, who lives near her great-grandfather’s gravesite in Claremore, Okla., “just put my phone on silent and sat and cried.”

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When To Use

�� does great-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.

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