double possessive

noun

, Grammar.

1. a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father's in He is a friend of father's.

Example Sentences

A peculiar form, a double possessive, has grown up and become a fixed idiom in modern English.

From Project Gutenberg

Both of these are now used side by side; sometimes they are used together, as one modifier, making a double possessive.

From Project Gutenberg