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Definition of Grandniece
1. Noun. A daughter of your niece or nephew.
Definition of Grandniece
1. n. The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.
Definition of Grandniece
1. Noun. Granddaughter of one's sibling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grandniece
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandniece
Literary usage of Grandniece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"He was married in 1874 to Lucy Madison Worthington of Kentucky, a grandniece of
President Madison. He was elected treasurer of the American geographical ..."
2. The Weekly Notes by Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (1894)
"The illegitimate grandniece, who had married J. Raynor, claimed the benefit of
the gift on the ground that she was the person intended by the testator ..."
3. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1898)
"But being the person to pay, having the whole property in her own hands, when
she says that she gives her grandniece £300 " in addition to " the sums owing ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"Judge Memminger construed the will as giving one share each to Fred Mobley, Susan
Cunningham, and Lilly Douglas, one share to the children of the grandniece ..."
5. History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its by Charles Hudson (1913)
"1836, died 12 Apr. 1907, daughter of Sidney Know les and Harriet Cecilia (Carroll),
grandniece of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and descended from Gov. ..."
6. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1896)
"So, an illegitimate grandniece cannot come into competition with a legitimate
grandniece; as where a testator gave his residuary estate to his "niece EW" ..."
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