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[ greyt-gran-muhth-er, -grand-, -gram- ] / ˌgreɪtˈgrænˌmʌð ər, -ˈgrænd-, -ˈgræm- /
nouna grandmother of one's father or mother. Origin of great-grandmotherFirst recorded in 1520–30 Words nearby great-grandmotherGreat Goddess, great-grandaunt, great-grandchild, great-granddaughter, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandnephew, great-grandniece, great-grandparent, great-grandson, great-granduncle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for great-grandmotherHis great-grandmother, Thelma Yellin, was a world-renowned cellist. Trans in the Holy Land: ‘Marzipan Flowers,’ Tal Kallai, and the Shattering of Israel’s LGBT Taboos|Itay Hod|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Before he did, he asked his great-grandmother for permission. From Homeless to HBO, ‘The Leftovers’ Star Chris Zylka’s Crazy Hollywood Story|Kevin Fallon|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST The great-grandmother then joined family members of both children in a room as the trauma team fought to save the two. This Brooklyn 6-Year-Old’s Murderer Is Still on the Loose|Michael Daly|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The link between stress and heart attacks is something even your great-grandmother knew about. Can Being With Your Family on Thanksgiving Actually Kill You?|Kent Sepkowitz|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
My great-grandmother was a first-generation American and the mother of three small children. It’s Time for the Pro-Choice Community to Embrace the Word Abortion|Jessica Arons|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST If you are not like father or mother you may be like grandfather or great-grandmother. Almost A Man|Mary Wood-Allen "Great-Grandmother seemed to run short of rhymes at the last of the epitaph," commented Dan. The Golden Road|Lucy Maud Montgomery I forget the name of my great-grandmother, but I believe it was Elizabeth. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration Fortunate we if our great-grandmother supplied us with it before we were born. The Teacher|George Herbert Palmer Why, then, our great-grandmother had a daughter when she was fifteen! The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
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