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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NIECE, n. The daughter of a brother or sister.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a daughter of your brother or sister [ant: nephew]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English nece granddaughter, niece, from Anglo-French nece, niece, from Late Latin neptia, from Latin neptis; akin to Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew — more at nephew Date: 14th century 1. a daughter of one's brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law 2. an illegitimate daughter of an ecclesiastic

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Etymology: ME f. OF ult. f. L neptis granddaughter

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(nieces) Someone's niece is the daughter of their sister or brother. ...his niece from America, the daughter of his eldest sister. N-COUNT: oft poss N

Moby Thesaurus

aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, daughter, father, first cousin, foster brother, frater, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, kid brother, mother, nephew, nuncle, nunks, nunky, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, stepbrother, stepsister, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother