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great-uncle

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great-un·cle or great uncle (grtngkl)
n.
A brother of one's grandparent. Also called granduncle.
great-uncle, granduncle
n
an uncle of one's father or mother; brother of one's grandfather or grandmother
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Noun1.great-uncle - an uncle of your father or mother
granduncle
uncle - the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
Translations
great-uncle [ˈgreɪtˌʌŋkl] N → tío m abuelo
great-uncle [ˌgreɪtˈʌŋkl] n → prozio
great-uncle [ˌgreɪtˈʌŋkl] n → prozio


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Twelve years had passed since I had laid the body of my great-uncle, Captain John Carter, of Virginia, away from the sight of men in that strange mausoleum in the old cemetery at Richmond.
The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
in the part of the country where your grandfather and your great-uncle Bidault belong, in the arrondissement of the deputy who wants to resign.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
"Only a sort of great-uncle, I imagine," answered the other, laughing; then his rather rambling eye rolled round the ordered landscape in front of the house; an artificial sheet of water ornamented with an antiquated nymph in the center and surrounded by a park of tall trees now gray and black and frosty, for it was in the depth of a severe winter.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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