grandniece

[gran-nees, grand-]

noun

a daughter of one's nephew or niece.

Origin of grandniece

First recorded in 1820–30; grand- + niece

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Historical Examples of grandniece

Mother said you were up on the Bay then at your grandniece's—pretty girl.
Flamsted quarries
Mary E. Waller
He married a grandniece of George Washington, and died in Tallahassee in 1847.
The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6
Various
The grandniece of the Confessor became the reformer of the Scottish Church, and the redresser of its abuses.
The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland
Daniel Wilson
Being the Dean's grandniece, she considered herself unconsciously a privileged person.
Kit of Greenacre Farm
Izola Forrester
My grandniece had to give up her job so she could stay home and take care of me.
Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2
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British Dictionary definitions for grandniece

grandniece

noun

another name for great-niece

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