Grandchild
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A child of someone's child.
"...he fell into amazement when he thought of the Herculean labours those fifteen pairs of hands had performed: of the cows they had milked, the butter they had made, the gardens they had planted, the children and grandchildren they had tended, the brooms they had worn out, the mountains of food they had cooked. It made him dizzy."
- 2 a child of your son or daughter wordnet
Example
More examples"The old man was accompanied by his grandchild."
Etymology
From grand- + child.
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