uncle

IPA: ˈʌŋkʌɫ

The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
The male cousin of one’s parent.
(endearing) Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
(euphemistic) Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
(figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
(Britain, informal, dated) A pawnbroker.
(especially in the Southern US, parts of UK and South Asia) An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
(Southern US, slang, archaic) An older African-American male.
(Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, informal) Any middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.
(World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter U.

Examples of "uncle" in Sentences

He was the uncle of the famous engineer.
David was the uncle of the Empress Matilda.
His uncle was the optician Bernhard Schmidt.
Boniface was the uncle by marriage of the king.
To Vietnamese people, toad is the uncle of the Sky.
Eyring was the uncle of the noted chemist Henry Eyring.
He is the younger brother of Mufasa and the uncle of Simba.
My uncle is a different kind of man, he isn't a blowhard like most.
Hamida Pahalwan was the maternal uncle of the Bholu Brothers of Pakistan.
Ursak is the brother to the late king and the uncle to the Steele children.
Ugh … my uncle is the same way … I do not envy anyone who has to put up with this Fox BS in their own homes.
The center has been in the works for years at the notoriously Israel-connected university (full disclosure: my uncle is a co-director of the center).
For a moment, Anduin thought it related to the term uncle, but realized at once it was another term of affection that Magni Bronzebeard was missing: Father.
But if it was as vivid as in the US, Tanya and her family (her uncle is a doctor, her mother is a famous scholar) would have belonged to the upper-middle class.
If you're a cop and your uncle is a con artist, it's safe to wager that your big family functions are going to be, well, at least a little awkward if you both show up.
At the end of the narrative, Cheryl mentions that one of the victims of her uncle is her sister, and I wondered why her complaint against her uncle was not given more credibility than that of a child.