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uncle |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Uncle \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Uncle \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: uncle n 1: the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt [ant: {aunt}] 2: a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students" From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: UNCLE Unix Net for Computer security in Law Enforcement (org., USA, Unix), "U.N.C.L.E."
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