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uncle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | benefactor, helper |
he played uncle to lonely students.
uncle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | kinsman |
| Has types | granduncle, great-uncle |
| Derivation | avuncular |
Examples of uncle
uncle
My uncle returned to the United States, the land of his birth, at the age of 16.
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There he was apprenticed to his uncle, the court sculptor Johann Baptist Straub.
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Hentschel's uncle Keith is the driving force behind Sunday's new Funk Box Derby.
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Hekmatullah, 18, says he joined not long after a stray bullet wounded his uncle.
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Brothers share an oil fortune originally created by their uncle, Sid Richardson.
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He recently just became a new uncle with the birth of his sisters new baby girl.
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He lives with, and cares for, an uncle who struggles with severe mental illness.
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Her mother and uncle have both had two, and she checks her children incessantly.
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In which hecklerspray's resident agony uncle Dennis Norden solves your problems.
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- The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- A source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students"
- Uncle (Latin avunculus "little grandfather," diminutive of avus "grandfather,") is a family relationship or kinship, the brother or brother-in-law of a parent. A woman with an equivalent relationship is an aunt, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece. ...
- U.N.C.L.E. is an acronym for the fictional United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, a secret international intelligence agency featured in the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.. Both were 1960s TV series produced in the United States.
- J. P. (John Percival) Martin (1879 u2013 24 March 1966) was an English author best known for his Uncle series of children's stories.
- The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 1986, by order of first appearance.
- Uncle (1964) is a children's novel written by J. P. Martin, the first book of six forming the Uncle series. It is named after the main character, a rich philanthropic elephant who lives in a huge fantastical castle populated by many other eccentric animals and people. ...
- The Uncle is a 1965 British drama film directed by Desmond Davis.
- If you see your uncle in a dream, you will have news of a sad character soon. To dream you see your uncle prostrated in mind, and repeatedly have this dream, you will have trouble with your relations which will result in estrangement, at least for a time. ...
