great-niece
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of great-niece
First recorded in 1880–85
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Sources have told US media that James bought the home for her great-niece in 2020 and that the relative never paid rent for the home.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
When her great-niece arrived, she found Ms Berry trying to save some of her belongings by putting them up high.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
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
She ran into the kitchen and threw herself in front of her great-niece.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
He took his last breath when he was only 16 years older than you are now, my great-nephews, and 15 and 14 years older than you, my great-nieces.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
Paying tribute, Dawn Dixon said her brother would be "sadly missed" by his sisters, nephews, nieces and great-nieces.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2022
Martin is survived by six cousins plus nieces. nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
He was a wealthy bachelor, had a fine voice, sang well, and was very fond of the society of his great-nieces.
From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Martin, Frances
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