great-niece
2
4.7
- noun
- /ˈɡreɪtˌniːs/
:
sobrina nieta
- Then he took his niece and great-niece for a stroll along the boardwalk.
- great-niece and nephew
And there's the great niece making contact with me.
- And there's the great niece making contact with me.
- I have many godchildren now, nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews.
Examples
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Mary Withers, the wife of a gentleman with two houses of her own, left her silver shoe buckles along with her half dozen silver teaspoons to her great-niece.
Academic text (1996) -
Famous relatives: Gilman was the great-niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Fiction book (2001) -
- My great niece isn't married.
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That's my only brother, and I take care... of his kids when he has court... and I take care of my great-niece... and her children.
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Yesterday I saw a photograph of my great-niece, Chandler St. John, taken immediately after sampling her first taste of chocolate.
Blog text (22) -
Miss Gail, this is my great-niece, Charmaine Daisy Pierce.
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When she died, a lifetime's worth of diaries was entrusted to her great-niece.
Blog text (9) -
I was delighted to be near my family, where I could be a part of the lives of my nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.
Fiction book (1992) -
The biological mother of two sons born in the late 1980s, Woodruff-Barnes is parenting a young one once again, having raised her seven-year-old great-niece since birth.
Blog text (26) -
Everyone, I want you to meet my great-niece, Sabrina.
Synonyms
3
7.5
The daughter of your niece or nephew
How Close
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4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word great-niece uses great- the same way as in great-grandmother to show 'one generation further', so a great-niece is the daughter of your niece or nephew.