English to English
uncle
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noun (n)
- a source of help and advice and encouragement(noun.person)Example:
He played uncle to lonely students.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(noun)source: webster1913
- An eldery man; -- used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro; as, "Uncle Remus."(noun)source: webster1913