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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From great- + grand; from great-granddaughter, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandson, etc.
Noun
[edit]great-grand (plural great-grands)
- A great-grandparent or great-grandchild.
- 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:
- Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children.