单词 | half-uncle |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-uncle half-uncle n. an uncle to whom a person is related through a half-sibling, esp. the half-brother of one's mother or father. Π 1531 tr. E. Fox et al. Determinations Moste Famous Vniuersities iii. f. 51v One Paterne..wold haue maryed his doughters doughter to his sonne, the maidens halfe vncle_ [L. diuersa matre edita]. 1708 Brit. Apollo 23–25 June Each of them is at once both half Uncle and half Nephew to the other. 1887 N. B. E. Baillie Digest Moohummudan Law viii. 334 If a person dying should leave a paternal half-uncle and a maternal full aunt,..the former would inherit two-thirds of the property, and one-third thereof would descend to the latter. 2022 TVEyes (Nexis) (transcript of TV programme) 3 Mar. Waiting to greet Rowan is his half-uncle John and cousin Beezy, relatives from a side of the family he's never met. < as lemmas |
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