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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

great-grand en · NOUN

Etymology

From great- + grand; from great-granddaughter, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandson, etc.

Meanings

  1. A great-grandparent or great-grandchild.
    • Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children. 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:

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