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Uncle

Uncle Meaning & Definition
Uncle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Uncle?

[n] the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
[n] a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students"

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See Also | benefactor | granduncle | great-uncle | helper | kinsman

Uncle In Webster's Dictionary

\Un"cle\, n. An eldery man; -- used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro; as, ``Uncle Remus.'' [Colloq.] Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, -- an immense talker. --Emerson.
\Un"cle\, n. [OE. uncle, OF. oncle, uncle, F. oncle, fr. L. avunculus a maternal uncle, dim. of avus a grandfather; akin to Lith. avynas uncle, Goth. aw? grandmother, Icel. [=a]i great grandfather.] 1. The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship. 2. A pawnbroker. [Slang] --Thackeray. {My uncle}, a pawnbroker. [Slang] {Uncle Sam}, a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See {Uncle Sam}, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

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