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great-grandfathers

great-grandfathers is the plural of great-grandfather.

Meaning of great-grandfather

Noun

great-grandfather (plural great-grandfathers)

  1. The father of one's grandparent.
    • The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 133

Questions about great-grandfathers

What is great-grandfathers the plural of?
Great-grandfathers is the plural of great-grandfather.

Words near great-grandfathers in the dictionary

  1. great-grandchildren
  2. great-granddaughter
  3. great-granddaughters
  4. great-grandfather
  5. great-grandfather-in-law
  6. great-grandfathers
  7. great-grandfathers-in-law
  8. great-grandkid
  9. great-grandkids
  10. great-grandma
  11. great-grandmas

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