uncles
noun
- 1
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
- 2
The male cousin of one’s parent.
- 3
A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.
- 4
A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
- 5
A pawnbroker.
- 6
An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
- 7
An older male African-American person.
verb
- 1
To address somebody by the term uncle.
- 2
To act like, or as, an uncle.
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