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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_189617" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_189617" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) An eldery man; - used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) An eldery man; - used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro; as, "Uncle Remus." </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A pawnbroker. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63935" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63935" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> UN'CLE, n. L. avunculus. The brother of one's father or mother. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9243" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9243" /> == | ||
