Definition of "great-niece" []

• Granddaughter of one’s sibling or sibling's spouse, daughter of one’s nephew or niece, one's sibling's child's female child (noun)
• One’s son’s or daughter's niece (noun)

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• "Until her death she was often taken care of by her great-niece Mary C. Hollins, who received a standing ovation at her funeral."
• "Gandhi's pejorative reference to nakedness is ironic considering that, as Mr. Lelyveld details, when he was in his 70s and close to leading India to independence, he encouraged his 17-year-old great-niece, Manu, to be naked during her "nightly cuddles" with him."
• "Young said Winn was one of two known people left in the United States whose parents both were almost certainly born into slavery because documents show they were born before the end of the Civil War, though her great-niece Mary C. Hollins says Winn never acknowledged that."