grandnephew
noun
grand·neph·ew
ˈgran(d)-ˈnef-(ˌ)yü 
chiefly British -ˈnev-
: a grandson of one's brother or sister
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Juan José’s grandnephew, Manuel Domínguez, was mayor of Los Angeles under Mexican rule and a signer of the California state constitution.
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Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 23 July 2025
The third member of this highly talented trio is guitarist Rob Johnson, who is a grandnephew of Ginger.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
The exhibition — which debuts Saturday night with a free opening night party, complete with a DJ set by Flying Lotus (Coltrane’s grandnephew, Steven Ellison) — is on view from Sunday through May 4.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Courtesy of Les Sources de Caudalie The former residence of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Napoleon’s grandnephew, Shangri-La Paris was transformed into a 100-room hotel in 2010.
—Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025
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Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 23 July 2025
The third member of this highly talented trio is guitarist Rob Johnson, who is a grandnephew of Ginger.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
The exhibition — which debuts Saturday night with a free opening night party, complete with a DJ set by Flying Lotus (Coltrane’s grandnephew, Steven Ellison) — is on view from Sunday through May 4.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Courtesy of Les Sources de Caudalie The former residence of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Napoleon’s grandnephew, Shangri-La Paris was transformed into a 100-room hotel in 2010.
—Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025
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grandnephew
noun
grand·neph·ew
-ˈnef-(ˌ)yü
: a grandson of one's brother or sister
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