Uncle word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "uncle" word
[noun] a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students"
\Un"cle\, n. [OE. uncle, OF. oncle, uncle, F. oncle, fr. L. avunculus a maternal uncle, dim. of avus a grandfather; akin to Lith. avynas uncle, Goth. aw? grandmother, Icel. [=a]i great grandfather.] 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. [Slang] --Thackeray. {My uncle}, a pawnbroker. [Slang] {Uncle Sam}, a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See {Uncle Sam}, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Antonyms: aunt, auntie, aunty
See also: benefactor | granduncle | great-uncle | helper | kinsman |
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Let's analyse "uncle" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ELCNU. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]
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uncle: 3 + 5 = 8, reduced: 8 . and the final result is Eight. |
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