Definitions from Wiktionary (double possessive)

▸ noun:  (grammar) Two or more consecutive nouns in the possessive case, as with "St. Paul's Cathedral's vergers"; discouraged on grounds of style.
▸ noun:  Combination of the periphrastic possessive, "of x" with the possessive inflection of a noun or pronoun. For example, "A friend of John's", "A habit of mine".



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