great-uncle

Noun

Meaning

an uncle of your father or mother

Source: WordNet

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great uncle

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Additionally, both Zelda’s great-uncle and grandfather served in the United States Senate. Source: Internet

At the time of his birth, his great-uncle Frederick William IV was king of Prussia, and his grandfather and namesake Wilhelm was acting as Regent. Source: Internet

For almost a decade thereafter, as Ethiopian courts attempted to sort out the circumstances of his death, his coffin rested in Bhata Church, near his great-uncle Menelik II 's resting place. Source: Internet

Hoover's maternal great-uncle, John Hitz, was a Swiss honorary consul general to the United States. citation Hoover did not have a birth certificate filed upon his birth, although it was required in 1895 Washington. Source: Internet

Great uncle to Jacob-Tyler, Jaze, Cooper, Ivy and Desiree. Source: Internet

His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, and Octavius was named in Caesar's will as his adopted son and heir, then known as Octavianus ( Anglicized as Octavian). Source: Internet

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