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avunculus

Legal Definition of avunculus

Etymology

    Latin Origin

Noun

  1. A mother's brother. "avuncular" refers to an uncle.

Etymology

  • Latin origin

Definition of avunculus

Noun (Latin)

avunculus (genitive avunculī); m, second declension

  1. maternal uncle
  2. mother's brother
  3. mother's sister's husband
  4. great uncle

Descendants

References:

  1. Wiktionary. Published under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.



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