Usually means: Brother of one's grandparent.
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  1. great-uncle: Merriam-Webster
  2. great-uncle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. great-uncle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. great-uncle, great-uncle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. great-uncle: Vocabulary.com
  6. Great-Uncle, Great-uncle, great-uncle: Wordnik
  7. great-uncle: Dictionary.com
  8. Great-uncle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. great-uncle: Rhymezone
  10. great-uncle: FreeDictionary.org
  11. great-uncle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. great-uncle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. great-uncle: Wiktionary
  14. great-uncle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  15. great-uncle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  16. great-uncle: Infoplease Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (great-uncle)

▸ noun:  An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).

Similar:
granduncle, great-granduncle, greatuncle, great uncle, great-aunt, grand-uncle, grand uncle, uncle, great-grandaunt, auncle, more...

Opposite:
great-aunt, grandaunt

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Similar:
granduncle, great-granduncle, greatuncle, great uncle, great-aunt, grand-uncle, grand uncle, uncle, great-grandaunt, auncle, more...

Opposite:
great-aunt, grandaunt



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