Uncle

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(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."

(2): ( n.) A pawnbroker.

(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.

King James Dictionary [2]

UN'CLE, n. L. avunculus. The brother of one's father or mother.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]

un´k ' 50 ( דּוד , dōdh , "beloved," "uncle," "relation"). See Relationships , Family .

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