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Definition of niece
1 : a daughter of one's brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law
2 : an illegitimate (see illegitimate 1) daughter of an ecclesiastic
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Examples of niece in a Sentence
If he's my uncle, then I'm his niece.
Recent Examples of niece from the Web
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Tammy Rimes, owner of Hacienda de las Rosas, attended the June 24 dedication with her daughter, Shireen Khavandegaran, and Martinez’s daughter Itsceli and niece Cornelia.
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Familial relationships that will not be considered close enough to merit entry into the U.S. are, but are not limited to, fiancés, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, cousins, and brothers and sisters-in-law.
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Killed on impact were McDade’s niece, Yvette Gonzalez, 17; Sabrina Rhodes, 17; and Felipe Hernandez, 20.
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Brice’s niece, Victoria Brice, said her uncle was a fighter.
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The cause was congestive heart failure, said a niece, Lynn Kuhn.
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Byrne was also the niece of Margaret Sanger; in 1916, Sanger and her sister, Ethel Byrne—Olive’s mother—had opened the United States’s first birth-control clinic.
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His niece, Pam Thomas, received the ceremonial flag following the burial at Laurel Cemetery in Madisonville.
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McCaffrey and her niece were transported to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
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Origin and Etymology of niece
Middle English nece granddaughter, niece, from Anglo-French nece, niece, from Late Latin neptia, from Latin neptis; akin to Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew — more at nephew
NIECE Defined for English Language Learners
niece
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: a daughter of your brother or sister
NIECE Defined for Kids
niece
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: a daughter of a person's brother or sister
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