GREAT GRANDFATHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great grandfather mean? 

• GREAT GRANDFATHER (noun)
  The noun GREAT GRANDFATHER has 1 sense:

1. a father of your grandparent

  Familiarity information: GREAT GRANDFATHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT GRANDFATHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A father of your grandparent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("great grandfather" is a kind of...):

great grandparent (a parent of your grandparent)

 Context examples 

Do you know what my great grandfather's name was?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)