Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The brother of one's mother or father.
- noun The husband of a sibling of one's mother or father.
- noun Used as a form of address for an older man, especially by children.
- noun A kindly counselor.
- noun Slang A pawnbroker.
- noun Uncle Sam.
- idiom (cry/say) To indicate a willingness to give up a fight or surrender.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The brother of one's father or mother; also, the husband of one's aunt: correlative to aunt.
- noun A familiar title of address to an old man.
- noun A pawnbroker: so called in humorous allusion to the financial favors often expected and sometimes received from rich uncles.
- noun A termination of some diminutive words of Latin origin, as homuncle (also
homuncule ), oratiuncle, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of
aunt in sex, and ofnephew andniece in relationship. - noun Slang A pawnbroker.
- noun colloq. An eldery man; -- used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.).”
- noun [Slang] a pawnbroker.
- noun a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See
Uncle Sam , in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
brother orbrother-in-law of someone’sparent . - noun euphemistic A companion to your (usually unmarried) mother.
- noun figuratively A source of
advice ,encouragement , orhelp . - noun UK, informal A
pawnbroker . - noun colloquial A close male friend of the parents of a family.
- noun southern US, slang, archaic an older male
African-American person - noun India, slang An affectionate name for an older man.
- interjection A cry used to indicate surrender.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- noun a source of help and advice and encouragement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For a moment, Anduin thought it related to the term uncle, but realized at once it was another term of affection that Magni Bronzebeard was missing: Father.
The Shattering Christie Golden 2010
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For a moment, Anduin thought it related to the term uncle, but realized at once it was another term of affection that Magni Bronzebeard was missing: Father.
The Shattering Christie Golden 2010
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At the end of the narrative, Cheryl mentions that one of the victims of her uncle is her sister, and I wondered why her complaint against her uncle was not given more credibility than that of a child.
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The center has been in the works for years at the notoriously Israel-connected university (full disclosure: my uncle is a co-director of the center).
Leah Finnegan: Dispatch From The Opening Of Columbia's Center For Palestine Studies Leah Finnegan 2010
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But if it was as vivid as in the US, Tanya and her family (her uncle is a doctor, her mother is a famous scholar) would have belonged to the upper-middle class.
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At the end of the narrative, Cheryl mentions that one of the victims of her uncle is her sister, and I wondered why her complaint against her uncle was not given more credibility than that of a child.
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The center has been in the works for years at the notoriously Israel-connected university (full disclosure: my uncle is a co-director of the center).
Leah Finnegan: Dispatch From The Opening Of Columbia's Center For Palestine Studies Leah Finnegan 2010
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The center has been in the works for years at the notoriously Israel-connected university (full disclosure: my uncle is a co-director of the center).
Leah Finnegan: Dispatch From The Opening Of Columbia's Center For Palestine Studies Leah Finnegan 2010
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If you're a cop and your uncle is a con artist, it's safe to wager that your big family functions are going to be, well, at least a little awkward if you both show up.
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Ugh … my uncle is the same way … I do not envy anyone who has to put up with this Fox BS in their own homes.
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ruzuzu commented on the word uncle
"4. A termination of some diminutive words of Latin origin, as homuncle (also homuncule), oratiuncle, etc."
--Century Dictionary
March 8, 2011