单词 | great-grandchild |
释义 | > as lemmasgreat-grandchild great-grandchild n. a grandchild's child, a great-grandson or great-granddaughter. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandchild > [noun] > great-grandchild great-grandchild1570 ier-oe1701 1570 A. Golding tr. D. Chytræus Postil 82 The offspring of Heber the great graundchilde of Sem the sonne of Noe. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 293 In the same Chappell lyeth Iohn Dering..who was great grandchilde to the foresaid Richard Dering of Surenden. 1753 Scots Mag. Mar. 158/1 He has left 113 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 301 In Hussey v. Berkeley, Lord Northington expressed an opinion that the word grandchildren would, without further explanation, comprehend great grandchildren. 1920 P. P. Sheehan House with Bad Name xxxvii. 220 His mistress, great-grand-child of the first Tyrone he had ever served. 2012 L. Robertson Wicked Circle ii. 14 She's hoping for great-grandchildren. < as lemmas |
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