grand-nephew
noun[C]
(alsograndnephew,grand nephew)uk/ˈɡrændˌnef.juː//ˈɡrændˌnev.juː/us/ˈɡrændˌnef.juː//ˈɡrændˌnev.juː/thesonofyourniece(= thedaughterofyourbrotherorsister)ornephew(= thesonofyourbrotherorsister):
A grand-nephew is his onlyknowndescendant.
My three-year-old grandnephew was in thecarwith us.
Synonym
great-nephew
- She issurvivedby herhusbandPaul, hersisterSally, hernephewDavid, hernieceRuth and her grand-nephew Joe.
- Hediedfrompoisoningby a grandnephewseekingtosecurealegacy.
- The Marquess is agrandnephewof Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
Family: relations in general
- anti-family
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- biologically
- father
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- loved one
- relative
- removed
- second cousin
- sib
- sibling