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step-grandfather

step-grandfather is the alternative form of stepgrandfather.

Meaning of stepgrandfather

Noun

stepgrandfather (plural stepgrandfathers)

  1. The stepfather of one's mother or father and the husband of one's grandmother, and not one's biological grandfather, especially following the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandfather.
  2. The father of one's stepmother or stepfather.

Forms of step-grandfather

pluralstep-grandfathers

Questions about step-grandfather

What is step-grandfather the alternative form of?
Step-grandfather is the alternative form of stepgrandfather.

Words near step-grandfather in the dictionary

  1. step-father
  2. step-fathers
  3. step-free
  4. step-grandchild
  5. step-grandchildren
  6. step-grandfather
  7. step-grandfathers
  8. step-grandmother
  9. step-grandmothers
  10. step-in
  11. step-incest

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