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uncleship

noun

The state of being an uncle; uncledom

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Meanings

noununcleship (countable and uncountable, plural uncleships)

plural uncleships

countableuncountableThe state of being an uncle; uncledom
Being without a family, I am flattered with these temporary adoptions into a friend's family; I feel a sort of cousinhood, or uncleship, for the season
1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Origin

From uncle + -ship.

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APA

uncleship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncleship

MLA

“uncleship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncleship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncleship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncleship.

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