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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.
2. 2
   The mother of one's stepmother or stepfather.

   "The president’s elderly stepgrandmother brought him an oxtail fly whisk, a mark of power at home in Kenya."

Example

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"The president’s elderly stepgrandmother brought him an oxtail fly whisk, a mark of power at home in Kenya."

Etymology

From step- + grandmother.

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