Granddaughter
['grændɔːtə] or ['ɡrændɔtɚ]
Definition
(n.) The daughter of one's son or daughter.
Editor: Tamara
Examples
- The granddaughter of the greatest and mightiest of the red jeddaks has asked you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Your granddaughter I have had the honour of seeing before; my service to you, miss. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That is the Countess Olenska--a granddaughter of old Mrs. Mingott's. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- You know, she said, Mrs Briefless is granddaughter of Sir John Redhand, who is so ill at Cheltenham that he can't last six months. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Now, if your pretty granddaughter--excuse me, miss--will condescend to take care of this pipe for two months, we shall save the cost of one next time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Me and Bart and my granddaughter Judy are endeavouring to make out an inventory of what's worth anything to sell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She is Captain Vye's granddaughter, and her father merely took her mother's name. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Am I, grandpapa's granddaughter, to be nothing in the house? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Captain Vye's granddaughter, of Mistover Knap. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Then it must be his granddaughter, said Fairway. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I have brought my granddaughter Judy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Is my granddaughter here? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr. George then descries, in the procession, the venerable Mr. Smallweed out for an airing, attended by his granddaughter Judy as body-guard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Marcus