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great-grandaunt

[ greyt-grand-ant, -ahnt ]

/ ˌgreɪtˈgrændˌænt, -ˌɑnt /

noun

an aunt of one's grandfather or grandmother.

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Example sentences from the Web for great-grandaunt

My great-grandaunt—I never saw her— Her ghost doesn't know me from another, She stalks up the attic stairs angrily.

Goblins and Pagodas |John Gould Fletcher
With languid step she ascended the stair, and was presently beside her great-grandaunt, Patricia Bower.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 |Alexander Leighton