great-niece
Americannoun
-
great-nieces
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of great-niece
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Lady Jane, a Protestant great-niece of Henry VIII, was born at the 15th-Century Grade-II* listed scheduled monument in 1537 and became queen on 9 July 1553.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
The new baby, Athena, is the grandchild of the Duke and Duchess of York and a great-niece to King Charles.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
Ms. Steel’s brooch, which has a Victorian Gothic aesthetic, is inscribed with the initials “JCG,” the initials of the Rev. John Gibson, a cleric-scholar, and Caroline Bendyshe, a great-niece of Admiral Lord Nelson.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
In it, Mary is Victor’s great-niece, trying to make headway in the male-dominated world of paleontology in Victorian London.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Maggie Medlin, Backy Medlin’s great-niece, was hired to take her place.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Tyler had numerous godchildren, more than a dozen nieces and nephews and multiple great-nieces and great-nephews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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
Michael Mc Garrell, an Amerindian activist, said in a telephone interview that his 15-year-old twin great-nieces were among the fire victims.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
He is survived by his brother Ted Rado, sister-in-law Kay Rado, nieces Melanie Khoury, Emily DiBona and Melissa Stuart, great-nieces and a great-nephew.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
He always loved to play whist and in the last years of his life his nephews and nieces and great-nephews and great-nieces used to go often to play with him and pass the long evenings.
From A Portrait of Old George Town by Grace Dunlop Peter
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
