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grandrelation

grandrelation noun: a member of one's family from whom one is separated by two generations.

Noun

grandrelation (plural grandrelations)

  1. A member of one's family from whom one is separated by two generations.
    • This includes bilateral name relations, consanguineal-affinal term transpositions, reciprocal grandrelation and sibling-cohort terms, extension of relationship terms through namesake equivalence, and marriage to specific cousin categories.1989, Edwin N. Wilmsen, Land Filled with Flies: A Political Economy of the Kalahari, page 188

Forms of grandrelation

pluralgrandrelations

Origin of grandrelation

From grand- + relation.

Questions about grandrelation

What does grandrelation mean?
Grandrelation means a member of one's family from whom one is separated by two generations.
What part of speech is grandrelation?
Grandrelation is a noun.
What is the plural of grandrelation?
The plural of grandrelation is grandrelations.

Words near grandrelation in the dictionary

  1. grandpoppa
  2. grandpoppas
  3. grandpops
  4. grandpy
  5. grandreefite
  6. grandrelation
  7. grandrelations
  8. grands
  9. grands crus
  10. grands ducs
  11. grands fromages

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