niece
niece
Definition
niece (nēs)
noun
- the daughter of one's brother or sister
- the daughter of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law
- an illegitimate daughter, as of a medieval prelate: a euphemism
Etymology: ME nece < OFr niece < LL neptia < L neptis, granddaughter, niece, akin to nepos, nephew
niece
Synonyms
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n.
niece
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- marry: At the end of the war, Henry Tudor, a Lancastrian, married the niece of the leader of the Yorks.
- have: I have a niece named Kate; I must show her your home page soon.
- include: In the spring of 1840, the Campbells, including niece Virginia, returned to Abingdon.
- orphan: Then there was the orphaned niece who lived with him and used the Long Gallery as her playroom.
- love: A great gift for a special, loved niece.
- use: Then there was Miss Dixon at Wansfell Tower - her niece used to come round with muffins in a basket.
Adjective modifier
- old: Her 5 month old niece Erin will be next to come along!
- young: Learning something from my youngest niece about dress sense.
- beautiful: Christopher spends a lot of time with Koman and his beautiful, unhappy niece Radha.
- great: Within a few hours I had received a reply from Jane Swyer, Richard's great niece!
- little: A few days ago, I thought I'd found the perfect Christmas gift for my little nieces in India.
- own: To get the character right, Emma modeled her on her own niece.
Modifies a noun
- living: Y Do you have any brothers, sisters, nephews or nieces living?
Noun used with modifier
- great-great: It was William's great-great niece, Edwina Ashley, who married Lord Mountbatten of Burma.
Possessives
- husband: I do know it existed in the 70's and 80's as my wife's niece's husband was in it.
- wedding: Alice, herself an able musician, had attempted a setting of the hymn for a niece's wedding.
- birthday: I'm buying it again as a gift for my niece's 12th birthday.
Possessives
- wife: I do know it existed in the 70's and 80's as my wife's niece 's husband was in it.
- author: From the library of Ludi Horenstein, the author's late niece.
Preposition: by
- marriage: The heroine of the story was niece by marriage of the latter.
niece Quotes
In a Lancashire cotton-town you could probably go for months on end without once hearing an'educated' accent, whereas there can hardly be a town in the South of England where youcould throwa brick without hitting the niece of a bishop.
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