niece

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1. niece - Noun

2. Niece - Proper noun

Meaning

A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.

A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

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Wafah Dufour bin Laden, niece of Osama bin Laden has signed a contract to star in a reality show...called Skating with the Nieces of Terrorists. Tina Fey

I have two new nephews and a new niece this year, so I have plenty of kids that I can spend time with. Anjelica Huston

I have a 92 year old father whose doing beautifully who lives in Chicago and a sister and a nephew and a niece and I love coming back and try to do so fairly often. Bob Balaban

I was the one who taught my sister and my niece how to walk in high heels. John Barrowman

I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright. Lee Kuan Yew

Mr Touchett used to think that she reminded him of his wife when his wife was in her teens. It was because she was fresh and natural and quick to understand, to speak – so many characteristics of her niece – that he had fallen in love with Mrs Touchett. Henry James

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