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uncles

noun

Meaning

  1. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
  2. The male cousin of one’s parent.
  3. A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.
  4. A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
  5. A pawnbroker.
  6. 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. To address somebody by the term uncle.
  8. To act like, or as, an uncle.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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