great-uncle
a granduncle.
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Maybe we know someone who knew someone who was on Air France 447, or a great-uncle died before we were born and we grew up afraid.
The Malaysian Air Tragedy Reawakens a Primal Fear | Kelly Williams Brown | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis great-uncle, who has never self-identified as gay but who Sam believes is, lives a celibate life committed to the Church.
That favorite fountain pen, plus a pocket watch and chain inherited from a gambling great-uncle.
Welcome to the life and times of Bird, Shirley Temple, and your great-uncle Morris.
What Made Charlie Parker Great? Reviewing Stanley Crouch’s Biography on Bird | Stuart Klawans | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I really love it because I think of my great uncle whenever I put it on.
Although Haggard was, as we know, a wealthy man, he could not afford to disregard any suggestion of his great-uncle.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3) | Charles James WillsP'tite Truite, Little Trout, they called her, the great-uncle baker's one grandchild.
Flamsted quarries | Mary E. WallerAt other times I would lift the lid and find inside the chest the crouching figure of the long-departed great-uncle.
The Believing Years | Edmund Lester PearsonIts from your great-uncle, exclaimed Bab, giving Stephen the note to read.
The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson | Laura Dent CraneMy great-uncle, who has the place now, made money in business when he was a young man, and I believe he will leave it all to me.
The House of Souls | Arthur Machen
British Dictionary definitions for great-uncle
an uncle of one's father or mother; brother of one's grandfather or grandmother
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