[1520–30]This word is first recorded in the period 1520–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ballast, normal, stagger, ticket, trial
Examples of 'great-grandmother' in a sentence
great-grandmother
My great-grandmother taught my grandmother how to make it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One is a great-grandmother.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Great-great-grandmother lurking behind the eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognise as food.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The great-grandmother got her gong at a nursing home.
The Sun (2018)
I was very close to my paternal great-grandmother.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She was a beloved grandmother and great-grandmother.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
An eye condition has left the great-grandmother almost blind.
The Sun (2016)
We are distant cousins, sharing a great-grandmother.
The Sun (2015)
I've often wondered what my wife's great-grandmother objected to.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Because, unlike her great-grandmother, even her grandmother, she can.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
great-grandmother
British English: great-grandmother /ˈɡreɪtˈɡrænˌmʌðə/ NOUN
Your great-grandmother is the mother of your grandmother or grandfather.