Found 3 hits - Term: uncle sam, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
uncle \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.
=ai 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.
1913 webster
2. a pawnbroker. slang --thackeray.
1913 webster
3. an eldery man; -- used chiefly as a kindly or familiar
appellation, esp. southern u. s. for a worthy old negro;
as, "uncle remus." colloq.
plain old uncle as he socrates was, with his great
ears, -- an immense talker. --emerson.
webster 1913 suppl.
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.
1913 webster
see also:
my uncle uncle sam
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
uncle sam
n : a personification of the united states government
- [3] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
uncle sam, la
zip codes: 70792
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