great-uncle

noun

great-un·​cle ˈgrāt-ˈəŋ-kəl How to pronounce great-uncle (audio)

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In March 2024, a rift with his landlord forced him to close McCray’s Backyard BBQ and Seafood on 45th St. in Riviera Beach, a business inherited from his great-uncle and father. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025 In the late 1950s, my great-uncle Alex took a woman named Roslyn on a date to Pellegrini’s, a cafe that had opened a few years earlier on Bourke Street in Melbourne. Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025 Raymond Cheadle, Honesty’s great-uncle, told WUSA the family, including the girl’s dad, is heartbroken. Miami Herald, 11 July 2025 His great-uncle, Isaac Fuller, said the family had just buried Fuller’s mother in May. Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for great-uncle

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First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of great-uncle was in the 15th century

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