stepgrandmother

English

Alternative forms

• step-grandmother

Etymology

step- +‎ grandmother

Noun

stepgrandmother (plural stepgrandmothers)

1. The stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.
2. The mother of one's stepmother or stepfather.
   • 2009 January 21, Jodi Kantor, “In First Family, a Nation’s Many Faces”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The president’s elderly stepgrandmother brought him an oxtail fly whisk, a mark of power at home in Kenya.

Related terms

• stepgrandchild
• stepgranddaughter
• stepgrandfather
• stepgrandparent
• stepgrandson

Translations

stepmother of one's parent and wife of one's grandfather

• Catalan: aviastra (ca) f
• Finnish: isoäitipuoli
• German: Stiefgroßmutter (de) f, Stiefgrossmutter (de) f (Switzerland and Liechtenstein), Stiefoma f, Stiefomi f
• Indonesian: nenek tiri
• Spanish: abuelastra (es) f

mother of one's stepparent

• Catalan: aviastra (ca) f
• Finnish: isoäitipuoli
• Indonesian: nenek tiri
• Spanish: abuelastra (es) f