English Dictionary: Uncle Sam | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Uncle Sam | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uncle \Un"cle\, n. [OE. uncle, OF. oncle, uncle, F. oncle, fr. L. avunculus a maternal uncle, dim. of avus a grandfather; akin to Lith. avynas uncle, Goth. aw[?] grandmother, Icel. [be]i great grandfather.] 1. 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. 2. A pawnbroker. [Slang] --Thackeray. {My uncle}, a pawnbroker. [Slang] {Uncle Sam}, a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See {Uncle Sam}, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Uncle Sam, LA Zip code(s): 70792 |