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Definition of "niece" []

  • The daughter of one's brother or sister or of the brother or sister of one's spouse. (noun)
  • The illegitimate daughter of an ecclesiastic who has taken a vow of celibacy. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "niece" in a sentence
  • "Where complete and fubftential jufttce has. been done* a new trial will not bo granted, though the judge who tried the caufe may have been miilaken in point of law; as where an action was brought by a perfon for a violent affault on her niece, who lived with her, per quod ferv. ami/it, and the judge held that the aunt Hood in loco parentis, whereon large damages were given; — the plaintiff undertaking to pay the damages to the niece* and the niece not to proceed in an action which"
  • "As far as I know, I am the only Lois Reibach in the world, but my niece is also lreibach and she has taken that identity in a number of online services."
  • "Or maybe it's because my niece is a frickin 'grandmother at 44!"
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