co-uncle

noun

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.

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

Meanings

nounco-uncle (plural co-uncles)

plural co-uncles

  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.
    1 more example

    Cicero continued however to write anxiously to Atticus, his co-uncle, about the young man's remarkable gifts and unsatisfactory character. [Cicero's younger brother married Atticus's sister, and the couple had a son Quintus; Cicero and Atticus were thus co-uncles to Quintus, the nephew they had in common]

    1975, Elizabeth Rawson, Cicero: a portrait, page 195
  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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

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APA

co-uncle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-uncle

MLA

“co-uncle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-uncle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “co-uncle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-uncle.

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