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Definition of uncle : 1. A pawnbroker.
2. An eldery man; - used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. ( Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro; as, Remus.
3. 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.

Synonyms:

elder

father, mother, kin, ancestor, cousin, kinship, brotherhood, fraternity, family, kinfolk, nephew, flesh, paternity, motherhood, blood, lineage, fatherhood, maternity, aunt, sister, relative, niece, sisterhood, heredity, clan, brother, consanguinity, relation

Usage examples:

• " Uncle John- yes, 'poor John, ' you always called him. - "Night and Day", Virginia Woolf.
• It was Uncle David! - "Polly of the Hospital Staff", Emma C. Dowd.
• What is it you mean, uncle? - "Eugenie Grandet", Honore de Balzac.