grandnephew

[ gran-nef-yoo, -nev-yoo, grand- ]

noun

1. a son of one's nephew or niece.

grandnephew

/ ˈɡrænd-; ˈɡrænˌnɛvjuː; -ˌnɛfjuː /

noun

1. another name for great-nephew

Word History and Origins

Origin of grandnephew¹

First recorded in 1630–40; grand- + nephew

Example Sentences

He was the only surviving blood-relative of Paul Jones in this country, being his great-grandnephew.

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Colonel Washington was a great-grandnephew of George Washington.

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This captain was a grandnephew of Sir John Suckling the poet, and one of the great men of the family—himself acknowledging it.

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"So you are my grandnephew," he said, holding out what Charlie considered to be a very limp and flabby hand towards him.

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Whittier's grandnephew, to again break the omen, took his plate over to the table in the corner with his mother.

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