Definitions
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- n. The father of a grandparent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a father of your grandparent
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Examples
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Some experts fear the water in the sewage-filled and trash-strewn lake is slowly killing the turtle, which is thought to weigh about 200 kilograms and is affectionately called "great-grandfather."
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Yet -- and here's where this June 30 comes in -- I look like my great-great grandfather, not like my great-grandfather.
Rabbi Shais Taub: Celebrating 70 Years Since The Rebbe Arrived In America
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My great-grandfather moved to this side of the world and made a conscious choice to deprive my grandfather of a bar-mitzvah.
Rabbi Shais Taub: Celebrating 70 Years Since The Rebbe Arrived In America
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If I were to sum up the past 100 years of Jewish history in a nutshell, I'd say: To find an American Jew under 40 whose great-grandfather, or great-great-grandfather, was strictly observant back in the Old Country is no big deal.
Rabbi Shais Taub: Celebrating 70 Years Since The Rebbe Arrived In America
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Not only had his great-great-grandfather George V, his great-grandfather George VI, and his grandfather Prince Philip attended the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, but Prince Charles and Prince Andrew had also gone there.
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Though hardly the oldest member of her lineage, she had been deemed by a plurality of her clan as the worthiest successor to her great-grandfather, Gorelt, after his death.
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"Most people haven't been to their great-grandfather's grave and realize there's space," Mr. Toale said.
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Rendered almost entirely in shades of green, with delicate black lines and an occasional accent of pink or red, Mr. Lane creates the glorious garden tended by a little boy's great-grandfather.
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Says Normann: "When Jim put his hand on the tombstone, this connected him to his surroundings--as if his hand were on his great-grandfather's shoulder."
Stephanie Woodard: Photography Book to Offer Innovative Look at Indian Reservation
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Mr. McGraw, whose great-grandfather started McGraw-Hill in 1888, took over the company in 1998.
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