noun
definition
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
example
My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.
Examples of niece in a Sentence
She has heard from her niece how you rescued her...
Martha, who was explained to be a niece, was age ten.
You don't think I'd miss my favorite niece's birthday party do you?
The same year he married Elizabeth French, a niece of Oliver Cromwell; and he also became Tuesday lecturer at St Lawrence, Jewry.
She looked at her niece, as if inquiring what she was to do with these people.
His fathers took a prominent part in Athenian politics, and in 479 held high command in the Greek squadron which annihilated the remnants of Xerxes' fleet at Mycale; through his mother, the niece of Cleisthenes, he was connected with the former tyrants of Sicyon and the family of the Alcmaeonidae.
Lennox presently married Margaret, Henry's niece, daughter of his sister, Margaret Tudor, by her husband, Angus.
Declaring John deposed because he had broken his oath to observe the charter, they Offered the crown to Louis of France, the son of King Philip, because he had married Johns niece Blanche of Castile and could assert in her right a claim to the throne.
Piers was given the royal title of earl of Cornwall, and married to the kings niece; when Edward went over to France to do homage for Gascony, he even made his friend regent during his absence, in preference to any of his kinsmen.
My niece is so lovable to everyone indeed, she is a great person.
Is your niece considered to be very serious?
The honour was granted by him to Peter of Savoy, through whom it passed to his niece Queen Eleanor.
The marriage of Marie de Bourbon, niece of Philip of Burgundy, with John, duke of Calabria, Rene's eldest son, cemented peace between the two princes.
In 1600 he found himself in love with his master's niece, Anne More, whom he married secretly in December 1601.
He married Elizabeth, niece of Sir Erasmus Dryden, the poet's grandfather.
Late in life he married his niece, Madame Zinoveva, but left no children.
In 1 777, on Voltaire's advice, Villette married Mademoiselle de Varicourt, but the marriage was unhappy, and his wife was subsequently adopted by Voltaire's niece, Madame Denis.
An uncle, for example, cannot marry his niece; but if being already married he goes through the ceremony of marriage with her he is guilty of bigamy.
It should be here noticed that the queen, Ranavalona II., died just at the beginning of the war, on the Ranavalona soon afterwards she and her husband, the prime 13th of July 1883, and was succeeded by her niece, Princess Razafindrahety, under the title of Ranavalona III., who maintained the same policy as her predecessor, and was much beloved French Pro-by her people and respected by all.
He continued to live on at Coppet, under the care of his daughter, Madame de Stael, and his niece, Madame Necker de Saussure, but his time was past, and his books had no political influence.
In 1856 he proposed to marry Cornelie Scheffer, the niece and adopted daughter of the great Dutch painter.
As Dean took off his overcoat, Janet O'Brien and her young niece Martha arrived.
Fred took another bite of apple pie and said very slowly, I've still been wondering if that friend of his—the Corbin fellow—is the same one that's married to my niece's daughter.
By bringing my niece here I believe I have given her an excellent chance of regaining her husband's affection.
I have a niece named Kate; I must show her your home page soon.
Then there was the orphaned niece who lived with him and used the Long Gallery as her playroom.
Her 5 month old niece Erin will be next to come along!
Learning something from my youngest niece about dress sense.
Christopher spends a lot of time with Koman and his beautiful, unhappy niece Radha.
It was William's great-great niece, Edwina Ashley, who married Lord Mountbatten of Burma.
Leah tried to convince her niece to get in the pool, but the young girl adamantly refused.
Mix it up and let your daughter, niece, cousin, or little sister dress herself and come up with her own exciting combinations.
Are you sure your niece had no reaction at the cottage?
Today, this traditional role is often reserved for a special girl close to the bride or groom, such as a niece or daughter of a close friend.
There is also a story about my niece, Azua, who learned to drive with a car fueled with used cooking oil.
Someone who actually was the niece of someone famous was Destiney.
When Philip Augustus, king of France, married Isabella, niece of Philip, count of Flanders, Arras came under the rule of the French king, who confirmed its privileges in 1194.
On the 31st of May 1906 he married Princess Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena Maria Christina of Battenberg, niece of Edward VII.
He was concerned in the Fronde of 1651, but soon afterwards became reconciled with Mazarin, and in 16J4 married the cardinal's niece, Anne Marie Martinozzi (1639-1672), and secured the government of Guienne.
Holstein was now restored to Denmark, and Prussia and Austria consented to take part in the conference of London, by which the integrity of Denmark was upheld, and the succession to the whole monarchy settled on Prince Christian, youngest son of Duke William of SchleswigHolstein-Sonderburg-Gliicksburg, and husband of Louise of Hesse, the niece of King Christian VIII.
His mother, Barbara Reuter, a niece of Johann Reuchlin, was shrewd, thrifty and affectionate.
Some of the most eminent of his southern allies could not stand by David when, in the reign of Stephen and in fidelity to the cause of his niece, the empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I., he invaded England.
The earlier lived in the reign of Augustus, and was a niece of Messalla, the patron of literature.
Miss Sarah Collis retired in 1906 and her niece, Miss Mary Collis became headmistress.
At the end of the war, Henry Tudor, a Lancastrian, married the niece of the leader of the Yorks.
Within a few hours I had received a reply from Jane Swyer, Richard's great niece!
To get the character right, Emma modeled her on her own niece.
I do know it existed in the 70's and 80's as my wife's niece 's husband was in it.
His niece, who became the prioress, was later to become St Werburgh.
Her uncle, the duke of Norfolk, presided as lord steward, and gave sentence, weeping, that his niece was to be burned or beheaded as pleased the king.