grandnephew

noun

grand·neph·ew ˈgran(d)-ˈnef-(ˌ)yü

chiefly British -ˈnev-

: a grandson of one's brother or sister

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The exhibition — which debuts Saturday night with a free opening night party, complete with a DJ set by Flying Lotus (Coltrane’s grandnephew, Steven Ellison) — is on view from Sunday through May 4. —

Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025 Dear Eric: My husband and I live on a lake and love hosting our grandnieces and grandnephews on school breaks and the entire family on vacations. —

R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024 Courtesy of Les Sources de Caudalie The former residence of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Napoleon’s grandnephew, Shangri-La Paris was transformed into a 100-room hotel in 2010. —

Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025 Around 1955, George Washington’s great-great-great-great grandnephew, a lawyer for the utility, helped broker a deal: The region’s richer areas helped fund dam construction, but in return locked in cheap hydropower for half a century. —

Jovelle Tamayo, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grandnephew