Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of a man, an uncle of one's niece or nephew who is not one's brother; a co-brother-in-law as common uncle to the children of two men's married siblings.

  2. A man's brother, as uncle in common to the children of a third sibling

    My nephew came up for the summer with my brother and co-uncle George.

Origin

* co- + uncle

* co- + uncle

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Forms

plural: co-uncles
Singularco-uncle
Pluralco-uncles

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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