great-nephew
Americannoun
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great-nephews
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of great-nephew
First recorded in 1575–85
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You might also want to coordinate a meeting for you, your great-nephew and a wealth adviser or certified financial planner.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
A new cast of Castros is emerging in Cuba: a grandson and a great-nephew are moving up the corridors of power, while another is an eccentric Instagram influencer declaring that Cubans want capitalism.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Workplace movies “give you very quickly an identifiable everyman or everywoman—somebody we can relate to,” says Ben Mankiewicz, the Turner Classic Movies host and great-nephew of legendary Hollywood screenwriter and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
He does, though, have a work on the go, a new painting of his great-nephew.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
The very same summer that Dumbledore went home to Godric’s Hollow, now an orphan and head of the family, Bathilda Bagshot agreed to accept into her home her great-nephew, Gellert Grindelwald.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
He describes his modern family tree as a sprawling “tribe,” counting 16 nephews and 42 great-nephews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
According to his publicist, he is survived by his long-time partner Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima, two brothers and "numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews".
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
One of her great-nephews, Mr. Marvel, lives on the fourth floor, helping manage the building for his family.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
Martin is survived by six cousins plus nieces. nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
She began to complain bitterly of the ingratitude of her great-nephews, after all her labours for the family!
From Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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