granduncle

[ grand-uhng-kuh l ]

/ ˈgrændˌʌŋ kəl /

an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.

Origin of granduncle

1400–50; late Middle English. See grand-, uncle

When a mere boy he was sent to the court of his granduncle, Sten Sture the Elder, who was childless.

Sweden |Victor Nilsson
Moreover at Easter Kunz was likewise to quit home, and go to Venice at my granduncle's behest.

Margery [Gred], Complete |Georg Ebers
After the death of my granduncle some of the family came to America.

Sixty Years of California Song |Margaret Blake-Alverson
But the granduncle had been very fond of the lad, and in his will he left Lafayette all his fortune and estates.

Lafayette, We Come! |Rupert S. Holland

His mind was also nourished by the books belonging to the scanty library of his granduncle.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. VI., No. 6, May, 1896 |Various

granduncle

/ (ˈɡrændˌʌŋkəl) /

another name for great-uncle