| 单词 | great-nephew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat-nephew great-nephew n. a nephew's or niece's son. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > nephew > one's son's or daughter's nephew great-nephew1580 petty nephew1611 mokopuna1824 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 143 Edward..withoute delaye pronounced Edgar the outlawes sonne, and his greate Nephew, to bee heire of the Kingdome. 1689 A. Wood Life 20 Dec. The said Mathew Slade also was great nephew..of Mathew Slade who wrote against Vorstius. 1739 Scots Mag. June 288/1 The Prince of Sultzbach..is his great nephew by his sister only. 1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law II. 294 In a parentelic scheme my great-nephew, since he springs from my father, is nearer to me than my first cousin. 1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison xx. 257 She also made a will, dividing her property unequally between her two great- nephews. 2007 Church Times 8 June 30/4 A letter sent by Dietrich Bonhoeffer..to his infant great-nephew on the occasion of his baptism. < as lemmas |
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