Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Uncle

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Uncle


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(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.