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uncles-in-law

uncles-in-law is the plural of uncle-in-law.

Meaning of uncle-in-law

Noun

uncle-in-law (plural uncles-in-law)

  1. The husband of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).
    • Between uncle and aunt-in-law, or uncle's wife, you have a connection of affinity, and you have the same between aunt and uncle-in-law, or aunt's wife. [sic]1871, William Lindsay, Inquiry into the Christian law, as to the relationships which bar marriage, page 86
  2. The uncle of one's husband.
    • Vernon would later become an uncle-in-law to Harry's wife, Ginny and a great-uncle to Harry and Ginny's children, James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter and Lily Luna Potter.2012 August 11, anonymous, Vernon Dursley, Harry Potter Wiki
  3. The uncle of one's wife.

Questions about uncles-in-law

What is uncles-in-law the plural of?
Uncles-in-law is the plural of uncle-in-law.

Words near uncles-in-law in the dictionary

  1. unclerical
  2. unclerically
  3. unclerklike
  4. unclerkly
  5. uncles
  6. uncles-in-law
  7. uncleship
  8. uncleships
  9. unclever
  10. uncleverly
  11. uncleverness

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