noun a brother of your father or mother; husband of an aunt ○ He was brought up by his uncle in Scotland. ○ We had a surprise visitor last night – old Uncle Charles.
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.
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.
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.
un´cle
n. 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.
Later, Simba asked his Uncle Scar about the shadowy place.
The scentence about “The Lion King”.
Meaning of “uncle” in English language – noun a brother of your father or mother...
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