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grandniece

[ gran-nees, grand- ]

noun

  1. a daughter of one's nephew or niece.


grandniece

/ ˈɡrænˌniːs; ˈɡrænd- /

noun

  1. another name for great-niece
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of grandniece1

First recorded in 1820–30; grand- + niece
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Example Sentences

So I have a lot more in common and I’m closer in age to my nieces and my grandnieces.

From Ozy

A few days ago a great-grandniece was sent to me, a child under ten years old, that has no other relative.

She was a grandniece of the great Jean Jacques Rousseau, and flourished in the first part of last century.

The chest A. was not to be opened until the eldest son of his grandniece, Lady Laura, should attain the age of twenty-five.

And the girl young Kerrigan's going to marry really is a grandniece of the General's.

"She's the only grandniece we can possibly get on such short notice," said Dr. O'Grady.

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