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Niece : (noun)
1: a daughter of your brother or sister [ant: nephew]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Niece : \Niece\, n. [OE. nece, F. ni[`e]ce, LL. neptia, for L.
neptis a granddaughter, niece, akin to nepos. See Nephew.]
1. A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether
male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson. [Obs.] --B.
Jonson. Wyclif. Shak.
2. A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's
brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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NIECE, domestic relations: The daughter of a person's brother or sister.
Amb. 514; 1 Jacob's Ch. R. 207.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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