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grandchild|ˈgrændtʃaɪld, ˈgræntʃaɪld|
[See grand a. 12 b.]
The child of one's son or daughter.
1587Golding De Mornay xvii. 271 Zoroastres (as is written of him) was Noes graundchilde. 1607Shakes. Cor. v. iii. 24 And in her hand The Grandchilde to her blood. 1640Yorke Union Hon. 80 Edward, Lord Russell, grand⁓childe to Francis, Earle of Bedford. 1753Scots Mag. Mar. 158/1 He has left 113 children, grandchildren, and great⁓grand-children. 1838Lytton Alice 19 She was sure she should like the grandchild of her dear Mrs. Leslie.
fig.1661Cowley Disc. Govt. O. Cromwell Wks. 1710 II. 667 'Twas a Beginning..Fit for a Grand-Child of the Deity. 1810Scott Fam. Lett. 10 Dec. (1894) I. 197 Though I have these theatrical grandchildren, as I may call them, I have seen none of them. |