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Definition uncle

Etymology

From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“mother’s brother”; literally, “little grandfather”; compare avus (“grandfather”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?euh?-n-tlo (“little grandfather”), diminutive of *h?éwh?os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”). Displaced native Middle English eam, eme (“maternal uncle”) (from Old English ?am (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam/eme.

Noun

uncle (plural uncles)

1. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
2. (affectionate) The male cousin of one’s parent.
3. (euphemistic) A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.
4. (figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
5. (Britain, informal, dated) A pawnbroker.
6. (especially in the Southern US, parts of Britain and Asia) An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
7. (Southern US, slang, archaic) An older male African-American person.

Interjection

uncle

1. A cry used to indicate surrender.

Verb

uncle (third-person singular simple present uncles, present participle uncling, simple past and past participle uncled)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To address somebody by the term uncle.
2. (intransitive, colloquial) To act like, or as, an uncle.

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