\Un"cle\, n.
An eldery man; -- used chiefly as a kindly or familiar
appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro;
as, ``Uncle Remus.'' [Colloq.]
      Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great
      ears, -- an immense talker.              --Emerson.

\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.
[=a]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.