great-niece

[ greyt-nees ]

noun

1. a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece.

great-niece

noun

1. a daughter of one's nephew or niece; granddaughter of one's brother or sister

Word History and Origins

Origin of great-niece¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

It was Ms Berry’s great-niece who saved her, helping her wade through three to four feet of water, as she had a hip replacement a while back.

From BBC

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

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

But her great-niece recently found matches on Ancestry.com for previously unknown relatives, including one who could be another Bailey sibling.

From Seattle Times

“And it’s getting a lot of young people. I just recently had a great-niece, 17 years old, pass away from fentanyl.”

From Seattle Times