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uncleship

uncleship noun: the state of being an uncle; uncledom.

Noun

uncleship (countable and uncountable, plural uncleships)

  1. The state of being an uncle; uncledom
    • Being without a family, I am flattered with these temporary adoptions into a friend's family; I feel a sort of cousinhood, or uncleship, for the season1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Forms of uncleship

pluraluncleships

Origin of uncleship

From uncle + -ship.

Questions about uncleship

What does uncleship mean?
Uncleship means the state of being an uncle; uncledom.
What part of speech is uncleship?
Uncleship is a noun.
What is the plural of uncleship?
The plural of uncleship is uncleships.

Words near uncleship in the dictionary

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

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