grand-uncle

Three of King's grandparents came from Ireland, but apart from a grand-uncle who fought for Irish independence in the early part of the last century, he was not from a family with any commitment to revolutionary politics in Ireland.

Peter King, IRA supporter and enthusiastic counter-terrorism advocate 2011

It concerns her grand-uncle or great-grand-uncle, I don't know which; and if there's anybody here can read Russian, why, it'll go into the details of that Siberian trip.

CHAPTER 28 2010

He is a grand-uncle of former Senator Sam Nunn D-Ga.

Henry J. Stern: September Surprise? Henry J. Stern 2011

He is a grand-uncle of former Senator Sam Nunn D-Ga.

Henry J. Stern: September Surprise? Henry J. Stern 2011

He made efforts to open Bahrain's economy through the Economic Development Board, which he controls, and clashed with his grand-uncle over issues like more liberal foreign worker policies.

Bahrain Arrests Opposition Leaders Nicholas Casey 2011

Three of King's grandparents came from Ireland, but apart from a grand-uncle who fought for Irish independence in the early part of the last century, he was not from a family with any commitment to revolutionary politics in Ireland.

Peter King, IRA supporter and enthusiastic counter-terrorism advocate 2011

I visited my grand-uncle on his 99th birthday and took a printed photograph of his family.

Archive 2008-04-01 2008

I visited my grand-uncle on his 99th birthday and took a printed photograph of his family.

Creative Frugality 2008

But this being Toobworld, where the wildest of coincidences are commonplace, I'd like to think that the outlaw Nate Phillips out West could have been either the grandfather or grand-uncle of the Nate Phillips back East.

Archive 2009-03-22 Toby O'B 2009

It was in vain that his daughter said to him: “But he is your grandnephew, nevertheless,” — it turned out that M. Gillenormand, who was a grandfather to the very finger-tips, was not in the least a grand-uncle.

Les Miserables 2008