Definition of Uncle

Un´cle
n.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.
3.An eldery man; - used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro; as, "Uncle Remus."
Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, - an immense talker.
- Emerson.
My uncle
a pawnbroker.
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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aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, daughter, father, first cousin, foster brother, frater, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, kid brother, mother, nephew, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, stepbrother, stepsister, unc, uncs, uterine brother

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