grandnephew

noun

grand·​neph·​ew ˈgran(d)-ˈnef-(ˌ)yü How to pronounce grandnephew (audio)
 chiefly British  -ˈnev-
: a grandson of one's brother or sister

Examples of grandnephew in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On Facebook, Kathy Diane Rouse asked everyone to pray for her grandnephew’s safe return. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023 Around 1713, the English nobleman Charles Boyle (grandnephew of Robert Boyle, a founder of modern chemistry) commissioned such a device for his son. IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2023 In attendance Tuesday was Joseph Kennedy III, a former U.S. representative from Massachusetts and grandnephew of President John F. Kennedy. Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023 That includes paying at least $150,000 in boarding school tuition for a Thomas grandnephew who was being raised by the justice. Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023 The next year, Dixon gave Thomas $5,000 to put toward his grandnephew’s tuition. Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2023 Those include the purchase of Justice Thomas’s motor coach, the payment of private school tuition for a grandnephew whom the justice was raising and the justice’s mother’s home in an undisclosed real estate deal. Adam Liptak, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023 ProPublica also revealed Crow purchased three properties belonging to the justice and his family, and paid for two years of tuition at private schools for Thomas' grandnephew, which the justice did not disclose on financial disclosure forms. CBS News, 24 May 2023 The whiskey is named after Baker Beam, the grandnephew of Jim Beam himself and a distiller who worked at the distillery for nearly four decades. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1596, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grandnephew was in 1596

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“Grandnephew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandnephew. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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grandnephew

noun
grand·​neph·​ew -ˈnef-(ˌ)yü How to pronounce grandnephew (audio)
: a grandson of one's brother or sister
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