Definition of Granduncles

1. Noun. (plural of granduncle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Granduncles

1. granduncle [n] - See also: granduncle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Granduncles

grandsir
grandsire
grandsires
grandsirs
grandson
grandsonless
grandsons
grandstand
grandstand play
grandstanded
grandstander
grandstanders
grandstanding
grandstands
granduncle
granduncles (current term)
graney
granfalloon
granfalloons
granfer
granfers
grange
granger
grangerisation
grangerisations
grangerise
grangerised
grangerises
grangerising
grangerism

Literary usage of Granduncles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"... of relatives equally gifted: Or.-grandfathers 3 Grandfathers 17 Brothers 41 Fathers 31 granduncles 5 Nephews 22 Gifted Men 100 Uncles 18 Grandnephews. ..."

2. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1890)
"Their father, paternal uncles, paternal grandfather, and granduncles all suffered in the same way from headaches, ..."

3. The Foot-prints of the Creator: Or, The Asterolepis of Stromness by Hugh Miller, Louis Agassiz (1850)
"Under its green waves hia father sleeps: his grandfather, his two granduncles, one of whom sailed round the world with Anson, lie also there; ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1898)
"... contrived to get “introduced to King James by noblemen attending on that Prince, who inquired of me particularly about my grandfather and granduncles ..."

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