cousin-uncle

noun

cousin-uncle

noun
1

Male first cousin of one's parent; one's male first cousin once removed in a higher generation.

  • Walter is my dad's first cousin. That makes Walter my cousin-uncle. Jack is my mother's first cousin, so for me he is another cousin-uncle.
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:cousin-uncle.
Synonyms
second uncle
Coordinate terms
cousin-aunt

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