Grand-uncle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of granduncle. alt-of, alternative

    "When I was eighteen I obtained Master Zhang Kongzhao’s Hand Combat Classic (Quan jing), which he compiled while serving under my clan’s remote great-uncle in Huguan County (in Southeastern Shanxi, near Henan’s border)."

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great-uncleauntblood brotherbrethrenbrotherbub

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"When I was eighteen I obtained Master Zhang Kongzhao’s Hand Combat Classic (Quan jing), which he compiled while serving under my clan’s remote great-uncle in Huguan County (in Southeastern Shanxi, near Henan’s border)."

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