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double uncle

double uncle noun: a man who is one's uncle in two different ways, e.g. a brother of one parent and a brother-in-law of the other.

Noun

double uncle (plural double uncles)

  1. A man who is one's uncle in two different ways, e.g. a brother of one parent and a brother-in-law of the other.
    • You can be a father as well as a double-uncle.2008, Carl Djerassi, Sex in an Age of Technological Reproduction
    • Sigmund Freud, was an uncle (actually a double uncle) of the founder of modern public relations, Edward Bernays.2011, Jeffrey Sachs, The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity

Forms of double uncle

pluraldouble uncles
alternative formdouble-uncle

Questions about double uncle

What does double uncle mean?
Double uncle means a man who is one's uncle in two different ways, e.g. a brother of one parent and a brother-in-law of the other.
What part of speech is double uncle?
Double uncle is a noun.
What is the plural of double uncle?
The plural of double uncle is double uncles.

Words near double uncle in the dictionary

  1. double truck
  2. double trucks
  3. double turnstile
  4. double turnstiles
  5. double U
  6. double uncle
  7. double uncles
  8. double up
  9. double Us
  10. double vertical line
  11. double vertical lines

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