Definition of Grandchild

1. Noun. A child of your son or daughter.

Specialized synonyms: Granddaughter, Grandson, Great Grandchild
Generic synonyms: Issue, Offspring, Progeny

Definition of Grandchild

1. n. A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.

Definition of Grandchild

1. Noun. a child of someone’s child ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grandchild

1. [n -CHILDREN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandchild

grandames
grandams
grandas
grandaughter
grandaughters
grandaunt
grandaunts
grandbabe
grandbabes
grandbabies
grandbaby
grandbairn
grandbairns
grandboomer
grandboomers
grandchild (current term)
grandchildless
grandchildren
granddad
granddaddies
granddaddy
granddads
granddam
granddams
granddaughter
granddaughter cyst
granddaughters
granddog
granddogs
grande

Literary usage of Grandchild

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1909)
"To grandchild Edward Tayler £30. To grandchild Jane Tayler at age of twenty-one, £30. ... To grandchild Robert Kay £100 and, according to my late husband's ..."

2. With Wolfe in Canada: Or, The Winning of a Continent by George Alfred Henty (1922)
"I only take girls who come in the morning and go away in the afternoon; besides, they are all a good many years older than your grandchild. ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Perpetuity: Or, Remoteness in Limitations by William David Lewis (1843)
"The fact, that, at the time of the appointment, such grandchild has actually come in esse, within a life in being, cannot be regarded, in reference to the ..."

4. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"(t) grandchild : kancha', Sem. Plus, Pang. U. Aring, Pang. Sam, Pang. ... grandchild : С юз. 83. Grandfather : tan, Pang. Jalor. ..."

5. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1913)
"Tuck, son of Edward Tuck, provided the land that belonged to the grandchild which was given by said Robert to his son Edward shall be valued with the rest ..."

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