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great- (grāt)

older (or younger) by one generation: each additional great- shows one further generation removed great-aunt, great-great-grandson

Etymology: < great, taken as intensifier

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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