great grandfather
great grandfather is the alternative spelling of great-grandfather.
Meaning of great-grandfather
Noun
great-grandfather (plural great-grandfathers)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- besaiel, great-grandpa
Forms of great grandfather
| plural | great grandfathers |
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Questions about great grandfather
- What is great grandfather the alternative spelling of?
- Great grandfather is the alternative spelling of great-grandfather.
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