grandniece

[ gran-nees, grand- ]

/ ˈgrænˌnis, ˈgrænd- /

noun

a daughter of one's nephew or niece.

Nearby words

grandmother, grandmother clock, grandmother's clock, grandmotherly, grandnephew, grandniece, grandpa, grandpapa, grandpappy, grandparent, grandrelle

Origin of grandniece

First recorded in 1820–30; grand- + niece

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Examples from the Web for grandniece

The chest A. was not to be opened until the eldest son of his grandniece, Lady Laura, should attain the age of twenty-five.
The Wits and Beaux of Society|Grace & Philip Wharton
Mother said you were up on the Bay then at your grandniece's—pretty girl.
Flamsted quarries|Mary E. Waller
She was a grandniece of the great Jean Jacques Rousseau, and flourished in the first part of last century.
Woman's Work in Music|Arthur Elson
She is a grandniece of mine; her father died some years ago, her mother three years since, and naturally she came to me.
The Lost Heir|G. A. Henty

The niece, according to Mrs. Prest, was not so old, and she risked the conjecture that she was only a grandniece.
The Aspern Papers|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for grandniece

grandniece

/ (ˈɡrænˌniːs, ˈɡrænd-) /

noun

another name for great-niece

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