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un⋅cle

  [uhng-kuhl]
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–noun
1. a brother of one's father or mother.
2. an aunt's husband.
3. a familiar title or term of address for any elderly man.
4. Slang. a pawnbroker.
5. (initial capital letter) Informal. Uncle Sam.
6. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter U.
—Idiom
7. say or cry uncle, Informal. to concede defeat: They ganged up on him in the schoolyard and made him say uncle.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF uncle, OF oncle < L avunculus mother's brother, equiv. to av(us) mother's father + -unculus suffix extracted from dims. of n-stems (see homunculus )

Related forms:
un⋅cle⋅less, adjective
un⋅cle⋅ship, noun
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un·cle   (ŭng'kəl)   
n.  

    1. The brother of one's mother or father.

    2. The husband of one's aunt.

  2. Used as a form of address for an older man, especially by children.

  3. A kindly counselor.

  4. Slang A pawnbroker.

  5. Uncle Uncle Sam.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin avunculus, maternal uncle; see awo- in Indo-European roots.]
un'cle·less adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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