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once-removed

once-removed is the alternative form of once removed.

Meaning of once removed

Adjective

once removed (not comparable)

  1. One generation apart.
    • Phil and Andre are first cousins once removed.

Questions about once-removed

What is once-removed the alternative form of?
Once-removed is the alternative form of once removed.

Words near once-removed in the dictionary

  1. once-offs
  2. once-over
  3. once-over-lightlies
  4. once-over-lightly
  5. once-overs
  6. once-removed
  7. onced
  8. onceness
  9. oncer
  10. oncers
  11. onces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: once-removed (page history and authors); once removed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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