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grand⋅un⋅cle

[grand-uhng-kuhl]
–noun
an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME. See grand-, uncle
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grand·un·cle   (grānd'ŭng'kəl)   
n.  See great-uncle.
great-un·cle or great uncle   (grāt'ŭng'kəl)
n.  A brother of one's grandparent. Also called granduncle.
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