Grandchild
['græn(d)tʃaɪld] or ['ɡræntʃaɪld]
Definition
(n.) A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.
Typed by Ann
Examples
- This child is the grandchild of the old man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The old man receives it in his arms like a beloved grandchild and pats it tenderly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And I was thinking, Margaretta, that perhaps old Mrs Goody's grandchild might answer the purpose. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As to your grandchildren, Will is now 19 years of age, a tall, proper youth, and much of a beau. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- If she were found, there would be a channel for property--perhaps a wide one--in the provision for several grandchildren. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth, who are now, alas, no more! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The companions of my youth are indeed almost all departed, but I find an agreeable society among their children and grandchildren. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Better she, my dear, than a black Mrs. Sedley, and a dozen of mahogany grandchildren. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She consented, she said, to forgive her daughter, and acknowledge her grandchildren; larger concessions must not be expected. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Edited by Debra