单词 | great-uncle |
释义 | > as lemmasgreat-uncle great-uncle n. a father's or mother's uncle. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun] > great- or grand-uncle great-uncle1436 grand-unclec1475 1436 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 199 in Parl. Papers 1906 (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 We by th'avys of..our grete ouncle that Cardynel [Beaufort]..have notable purveyd [etc.]. 1437 in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) V. 438/2 His Uncle Humfrey Duc of Gloucestre, his grete Uncle H. Cardinal of England [etc.]. a1547 Will Hen. VIII in J. Pote Hist. Windsor Castle (1749) 51 The tombes and aultars of King Henry VI. and also of King Edward IV. our great Uncle and graunt~father. 1627 G. Richardson Of State of Europe ix. 58 Philip the second, sonne to Lewis, son to Amadis the eight, & great vncle to Charles the second. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. i. 43 Here's my great uncle Sir Richard Ravelin. 1861 D. G. Rossetti Early Ital. Poets ii. 437 Geri, son of Bello Alighieri, and Dante's great-uncle. 1896 Daily News 23 Apr. 5/4 The Prince de Joinville, at once great~uncle and grandfather of the bride. 1943 W. Stegner Big Rock Candy Mountain viii. 422 I knew it some, having..second and third cousins, and great-aunts and great-uncles, in a dozen towns where Norwegian is still spoken as much as English. 2011 Vanity Fair Sept. 338 The nightclub's acquisition in 1950 by my great-uncle Martín Fox. < as lemmas |
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