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grand-
a combining form used in genealogical terminology meaning “one generation more remote”: grandfather; grandnephew.
Origin:
special use of grand
special use of grand
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| grand- | |
| —prefix | |
| (in designations of kinship) one generation removed in ascent or descent: grandson; grandfather | |
| [from French grand-, on the model of Latin magnus in such phrases as avunculus magnus great-uncle] | |
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