Uncle

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  • noun. undefined
  • 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. A pawnbroker.
  • noun. Uncle Sam.
  • idiom. (cry/say) To indicate a willingness to give up a fight or surrender.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • 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 of nephew and niece in relationship.
  • noun. A pawnbroker.
  • noun. An eldery man; -- used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.).”
  • noun. a pawnbroker.
  • noun. a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See Uncle Sam, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent.
  • noun. A companion to your (usually unmarried) mother.
  • noun. A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
  • noun. A pawnbroker.
  • noun. A close male friend of the parents of a family.
  • noun. an older male African-American person
  • noun. An affectionate name for an older man.
  • interjection. A cry used to indicate surrender.
  • 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