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great-grandmother
[ greyt-gran-muhth-er, -grand-, -gram- ]
noun
- a grandmother of one's father or mother.
Word History and Origins
Origin of great-grandmother1
Example Sentences
“I come from a big Italian family on both sides, and my grandmothers—and even my great-grandmother—were always cooking. Food has always been central to our family. It still is. Ambrosia salad was one of those things that always popped up. But then it kind of fell out of fashion. We stopped seeing it.”
I recently found out that my great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and great-great-great-grandmother all had the first or middle name Solange.
But the officer was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury last November, after prosecutors argued his actions towards the great-grandmother, who later died of her injuries, were "grossly disproportionate".
Besides china, silver and crystal, I lost two paintings, painted by my father and great-grandmother.
The family is currently staying with Eleanor’s great-grandmother in San Marino.
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doesgreat-grandmother mean?
A great-grandmother is the mother of a person’s grandparent (the grandmother of a person’s parent).
When a mother’s child has their own children, that mother becomes a grandmother. When those children have their own children, she becomes a great-grandmother.
Should great-grandmother be capitalized?
Great-grandmother should be capitalized when it’s used as a proper name, as in Please tell Great-grandmother that I miss her.
But great-grandmother does not need to be capitalized when it’s simply used as a way to refer to her, as in Please tell my great-grandmother that I miss her.
Example: My kids were lucky enough to get to know three of their great-grandmothers.
Where doesgreat-grandmother come from?
The first records of the word great-grandmother 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-grandmother is the mother of your great-grandmother. Most people refer to their great-grandmothers with titles like great-grandma and great-grandmom, sometimes in combination with a name, as in Great-Grandma Marie.
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are some synonyms for great-grandmother?
- great-grandma
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How isgreat-grandmother used in real life?
Great-grandmother can be used as a title, but many families use their own unique names. Still, the title that grandchildren use for their grandmother often stays the same even after she becomes a great-grandmother.
Our great grandmothers couldn't vote; grandmothers fought to vote; mothers influence the vote…
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Alice Walker says in her title essay for “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” that quilting or arranging flowers or making a garden were ways our great grandmothers/ancestors created beauty or made art or told stories when literacy was forbidden or inaccessible.
— Joshunda Sanders (@JoshundaSanders)
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Is great-grandmother used correctly in the following sentence?
I’m a great-grandmother of 18, a grandmother of 12, and a mother of four, so I know a thing or two about temper tantrums.
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