grand-daughter
/ɡɹˈændˌɔtɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.68 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Highly tenacious of preserving over the mind of Sir Aubrey an undisputed sway, Lady De Brooke had seen with great reluctance the ascendency his grand-daughters were acquiring, which she artfully hoped to repress by throwing discountenance on the visits of their father,[…]"
- "She is the grand-daughter of poor Caroline Matilda, and he the grandson of her persecutrix, the Dowager Queen."
- "The Bube explained the situation in voluble Yiddish, and made Esther wince again under the impassioned invective on her clumsiness. […] If the family died of starvation, their blood would be upon her grand-daughter’s head."
- "Sometimes the budding is so rapid, that, before a fresh pair of leaves have become free they have already budded out a second pair, which we may call the grand-daughters of the parent leaf."
- "About 726 he married the grand-daughter of Hsü Yü-shih, who had been Chief Minister in 657, and lived for some years at the family residence of the Hsüs in An-lu, north of Hankow."
- "My grand-daughter goes to the same school as your twin-daughter, so that is how I know you. Maybe you know my grand-daughter, the one with the non-Somali name — Marilyn."