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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).
2. 2
   an uncle of your father or mother wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

granduncleauntblood brotherbrethrenbrotherbub

Antonyms

All antonyms

great-auntgreat-nephewgreat-niece

Example

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"Stan is Dipper and Mabel's great-uncle."

Etymology

From Middle English gret-uncle, grete uncle, grete ouncle, equivalent to great- + uncle.

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