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  • noun Plural form of granduncle.

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Examples

  • My granduncles lived in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.

    Monkey Business (1952) Ed Howard 2008

  • When I go back 3-4 generations in the history of my family, I had two gr+ - granduncles whom the family knew were homosexuals.

    Think Progress » VIDEO: Inhofe ‘Very Proud’ There’s Never Been a Homosexual Relationship in the ‘Recorded History of Our Family’ 2006

  • Of the avalanche of gifts that she got for Christmas, Sage immediately loved the Barbie Sleeping Beauty from Uncles Vin and Andrew, and the Blue Fairy Barbie from one of her granduncles.

    post-xmas Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • Of the avalanche of gifts that she got for Christmas, Sage immediately loved the Barbie Sleeping Beauty from Uncles Vin and Andrew, and the Blue Fairy Barbie from one of her granduncles.

    Archive 2004-12-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • Various other granduncles were also in the military -- because that's what you did when your country called.

    Archive 2004-05-01 2004

  • Various other granduncles were also in the military -- because that's what you did when your country called.

    06/04 2004

  • His father, and his uncle, and his grandfather and granduncles, had all been concerned in the affairs of the diocese of Barchester.

    The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

  • Various other granduncles were also in the military -- because that's what you did when your country called.

    05/04 2004

  • Various other granduncles were also in the military -- because that's what you did when your country called.

    05/04 2004

  • His father, and his uncle, and his grandfather and granduncles, had all been concerned in the affairs of the diocese of Barchester.

    The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope 1848

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